document.write( "Question 249377: a rectangle is 6 feet long and 4 feet wide. if each dimension is increased by the same number of feet, a new rectangle is formed whose area is 39 square feet more then the area of the original rectangele. by how many feet was each dimension increased? \n" ); document.write( "
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AREA=6*4=24 FT^2
\n" ); document.write( "39+24=(6+X)(4+X)
\n" ); document.write( "63=24+10X+X^2
\n" ); document.write( "X62+10X+24-63
\n" ); document.write( "X^2+10X-39=0
\n" ); document.write( "(X+13)(X-3)=0
\n" ); document.write( "X-3=0
\n" ); document.write( "X=3 FT. ANS. FOR THE INCREASE IN LENGTH & WIDTH.
\n" ); document.write( "pROOF:
\n" ); document.write( "63=(6+3)(4+3)
\n" ); document.write( "63=9*7
\n" ); document.write( "63=63
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