Solve the following equation by completing the square.
1/4x^2+x+1/4=0

The length of a rectangle plus its width is 24 cm. the area is 143 square cm. what are the length and width of the rectangle?

Aflagpole broke in a storm. 77 7 meters are still sticking straight out of the ground, where it snapped, but the remaining piece has hinged over and touches the ground at a point 2424 24 meters away horizontally

The area of a square floor on a scale drawing is 64 square centimeters, and the scale drawing is 1 centimeter: 3 ft. what is the area of the actual floor? what is the ratio of the area in the drawing to the actual area? the area of the actual floor is square feet. the ratio of the area in the drawing to the actual area is 1 square centimeter: square feet.