SOLUTION: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 3 meters the area becomes 81 meters squared. Find the length of a side of the orginal square.

Question 180250: If the sides of a square are lengthened by 3 meters the area becomes 81 meters squared. Find the length of a side of the orginal square.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If the area of the new square is 81 m� then the sides of the new square have to be 9 m, because 9 times 9 is 81.

Therefore the original sides of the square must have been 9 - 3 = 6 m.

John

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