SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 6 feet longer than it is wide. If each side is increased 6 feet, then the area is multiplied by 2. What was the size of the original rectangle?
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Question 1041883: The length of a rectangle is 6 feet longer than it is wide. If each side is increased 6 feet, then the area is multiplied by 2. What was the size of the original rectangle?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Solve this for w, the width of the original rectangle.
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