Question: A school is installing a flagpole in the central plaza. The plaza is a square with side length100 yards as shown in the figure below.

A school is installing a flagpole in the central plaza. The plaza is a square with side length100 yards as shown in the figure below. The flagpole will take up a square plot in the middle of the plaza and its base will have an area ofx28x+16yd2.

Area of the flagpole plot:x

28x+16

Find the length of the base of the flagpole by factoring. (Hint: Because the area of the flagpole is an expression that involves the variablex

, the length of the base will also involvethe variablex

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