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Lena looked back at the equation. It wasn’t staring anymore. It was nodding.
“Here’s a garden,” he said. “The big square patch is x by x. The two little rectangular patches are 2x and 3x. And the tiny corner patch is 2 times 3, which is 6.” explain
“Okay,” he said. “Forget the formula. Let’s build it.” Lena looked back at the equation
He divided the rectangle into a square and two smaller rectangles. He labeled the side of the square ‘x’. Then he labeled the other dimensions with numbers. 2 and 3. “Here’s a garden,” he said
He drew an equal sign and a blank square on the other side of the paper.
She took the pencil from his hand. Slowly, she drew her own garden. Her own missing corner. She wrote: ((x + \frac{5}{2})^2 - \frac{1}{4} = 0).