SOLUTION: The area of a square can be tripled by increasing its length by 6 centimeters and increasing its width by 3 centimeters. What is the length of the side of the square?

Question 1077768: The area of a square can be tripled by increasing its length by 6 centimeters and increasing its width by 3 centimeters. What is the length of the side of the square?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Original square is side x.

Area of original square, .

The changed figure:

Finding x.

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