Explanation Given: The length of the diagonal is 1 ft longer than the length of the cubicle and 3 ft longer than twice the width. Procedure used: “1. Familiarize the problem. 2. Translate the problem. 3. Carry out the simplifications. 4. Check out the solutions. 5. State the answer.” Calculation: Suppose l represents the length of the office cubicle and w represents the width of the office cubicle and d represents the length of the diagonal. The shape of the office cubicle is shown in below Figure 1. Translate the given problems as follows. By the given data, d = l + 1 and d = 2 w + 3 . By Pythagorean theorem, l 2 + w 2 = d 2 . Substitute d = l + 1 in l 2 + w 2 = d 2 , l 2 + w 2 = ( l + 1 ) 2 l 2 + w 2 = l 2 + 2 l + 1 w 2 = 2 l + 1 Substitute d = 2 w + 3 in l 2 + w 2 = d 2 and simplify as follows. l 2 + w 2 = ( 2 w + 3 ) 2 l 2 + w 2 = ( 2 w ) 2 + 2 ( 2 w ) ( 3 ) + 3 2 l 2 + w 2 = 4 w 2 + 12 w + 9 l 2 = 3 w 2 + 12 w + 9 Solve the system of equations, w 2 = 2 l + 1 (1) l 2 = 3 w 2 + 12 w + 9 (2) From equation (1), l = w 2 − 1 2 . Substitute l = w 2 − 1 2 in equation (2) and simplify as follows. ( w 2 − 1 2 ) 2 = 3 w 2 + 12 w + 9 w 4 − 2 w 2 + 1 4 = 3 w 2 + 12 w + 9 ( w 4 − 2 w 2 + 1 4 ) ⋅ 4 = ( 3 w 2 + 12 w + 9 ) ⋅ 4 w 4 − 2 w 2 + 1 = 12 w 2 + 48 w + 36 On further simplification, w 4 − 2 w 2 + 1 = 12 w 2 + 48 w + 36 w 4 − 14 w 2 − 48 w − 35 = 0 Simplify the equation w 4 − 14 w 2 − 48 w − 35 = 0 as follows. w 4 − 14 w 2 − 48 w − 35 = 0 ( w + 1 ) ( w − 5 ) ( w 2 + 4 w + 7 ) = 0 Solve the quadratic equation w 2 + 4 w + 7 = 0 as follows

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