SOLUTION: A snack company increases the side length of a square cracker by 2 centimeters. The new cracker has an area of 28 square centimeters larger than the old version. What was the area
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Question 1065750: A snack company increases the side length of a square cracker by 2 centimeters. The new cracker has an area of 28 square centimeters larger than the old version. What was the area of the old cracker?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Old cracker side length, x
New cracker side length, x+2
New cracker has a larger area than before.
The difference is 28 square centimeters.
Solve for x and evaluate x^2.
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