SOLUTION: Suppose a square garden has an area of 16 x2 square feet. If one side is made 4 inches longer and the other side 2 inches shorter, what is the area of the resulting garden?

Question 485339: Suppose a square garden has an area of 16 x2 square feet. If one side is made 4 inches longer and the other side 2 inches shorter, what is the area of the resulting garden?

Found 2 solutions by mananth, MathLover1:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area = 16x^2
side = 4x
4x +4 one side
4x-2 other side
(4x+4)(4x-2)
16x^2-8x+16x-8
16x^2+8x-8 is the area of the second square
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

given:
......so, one side is and other side is

If one side is made longer we will have

and if the other side is made shorter we will have

than area will be

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