SOLUTION: Gerry wants to fence on a square lot.To add more space to your yard, you purchase an additional 8 meters along the side of the property. The area of the lot is now 345 square meter

Question 1092273: Gerry wants to fence on a square lot.To add more space to your yard, you purchase an additional 8 meters along the side of the property. The area of the lot is now 345 square meters. What are the dimensions of the new lot?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the side length of the original square lot.
Change of area from some , to .
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Answer by ikleyn(52798) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Different parts of this post are not consistent and are not relevant to each other.

My opinion is that you mixed the conditions of two (or even more) different problems.

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