SOLUTION: A square field has 4m added to its length and 2 m added it it's width, thereby creating a field with an area of 195m2. Find the dimensions of the orignial field.

Question 845580: A square field has 4m added to its length and 2 m added it it's width, thereby creating a field with an area of 195m2. Find the dimensions of the orignial field.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Original square, x by x.

New square, x+2 by x+4, and area is 195:
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187=11*17, and you'll note that 17+(-11)=6
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The quadratic expression is factorable. You finish.
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