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one side of a square is increased by 30%; to maintain the same area, the other side will have to be decreases by
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\n" ); document.write( "L & W = original dimensions
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\n" ); document.write( "1.3L = the increase dimension
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\n" ); document.write( "x = amt in decimals multiplied by the other side to maintain area
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\n" ); document.write( "Original area = new area
\n" ); document.write( "L * W = 1.3L * xW
\n" ); document.write( "W = 1.3 * xW
\n" ); document.write( "xW = W/1.3
\n" ); document.write( "x = 1/1.3
\n" ); document.write( "x ~ .77
\n" ); document.write( "(1-.77) * 100 = 23% reduction in the other dimension \n" ); document.write( "
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