SOLUTION: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 6 cm, the area becomes 225 cm^2. Find the length of a side of the original square. The length of the side of an original square is how ma
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Question 330616: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 6 cm, the area becomes 225 cm^2. Find the length of a side of the original square. The length of the side of an original square is how many cm?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The new square has to have sides of 15, so the old square had sides of 15 - 6 = 9.
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