SOLUTION: A square is altered so that one side is increased by three meters and the other side is decreased by 7 meters. The resulting area was 200 square meters, what was the area other the

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Question 1138113: A square is altered so that one side is increased by three meters and the other side is decreased by 7 meters. The resulting area was 200 square meters, what was the area other the original square?
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17 on each side, the original square

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