SOLUTION: Each side of a square is increased 8 inches. When this happens, the area is multiplied by 16. How many inches in the side of the original square?

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Question 1135548: Each side of a square is increased 8 inches. When this happens, the area is multiplied by 16. How many inches in the side of the original square?
Answer by ikleyn(52784)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It implies (after taking square root of both sides)


    x + 8  = 4x  ====>  3x = 8  ====>  x =  inches.    ANSWER


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