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Polynomial Word Problems

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Horatio and Pi are starting a community garden on a nine-by-twelve meter plot of land. Horatio plants seeds in a wide strip around the outside of the garden and Pi plants seeds in the remaining inner rectangle. How wide should Horatio plant seeds if they want to divide the work evenly?

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