You invited 17 people to your house for a party. you want to spend a $50 gift card completely on the items shown. You also want to have exactly two servings of food for each person.

area of part 1:

a1=base*height/2=(8+2)*(8-2-2-1)/2=10*3/2=15 ft^2

area of part 2:

a2=length*width=(8+2)*1=10 ft2

area of part 3:

a3=length*width=8*2=16 ft2

total shaded area : a1+a2+a3=41 ft2

total area of the reactangle : a=16*8=128 ft2

total area of the nonshaded region : 128-41=87 ft2

do you have the measurements?

answer: -2+√x,-2-√x

i hope this , i don't know if you're looking for a pair or not.