document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288284>Question 288284</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is increased by 15% and the width is decreased by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20%. Compared to the area of the original rectangle,the area of the new<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rectangle is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) 8% less (b) 5% less (c) the same   (d) 5% more (e) l2% more </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #208945 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=amnd><B>amnd(23)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=amnd><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=amnd><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=208945\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Of course, the area of the original rectangle would be L (length) x W (width) = LW\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The new rectangle has a length 15% more than the original, which means that its length is 100 + 15 = 115% of the original rectangle, or 1.15L.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The new rectangle has a width 20% less than the original, which means that its width is 100 - 20 = 80% of the original rectangle, or 0.8W.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To gain the value of the new area, we only need to multiply the new length and width, yielding:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.15*0.8*LW = 0.92LW\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is 92/100, or 92% of the original rectangle's area. 92% is 8% away from 100%, which means that the new rectangle's area is <b>8 % less</b> (a) than the original. </SPAN>\n" );
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