SOLUTION: when the length of each side of a square is increased by 5 cm, the area of the resulting figure is 2.25 times the area of the original square . what is the area of the original squ
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Question 477782: when the length of each side of a square is increased by 5 cm, the area of the resulting figure is 2.25 times the area of the original square . what is the area of the original square.?
Answer by cleomenius(959) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= 1.5
( We are increasing the original value times 1.5, that is the value which will be squared.)
x + 5 = 1.5x
5 = .5x
x = 10
To check, 10^2 = 100
15 ^2 = 225
225/100 = 2.25.
Cleomenius.
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