SOLUTION: IF THE SIDES OF A SQUARE ARE LENGTHENED BY 6 CM, THE AREA BECOMES 100 CM^2 FIND THE LENGTH OF THE SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL SQUARE **my answer is 4cm is this correct

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Question 344299: IF THE SIDES OF A SQUARE ARE LENGTHENED BY 6 CM, THE AREA BECOMES 100 CM^2 FIND THE LENGTH OF THE SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL SQUARE
**my answer is 4cm is this correct

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Originally let the sides be cm.




Two solutions but only the positive solution makes sense here.

cm
Correct.
Well done!

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