document.write( "Question 883144: SAM lives in a lot that he thought was a square 157 feet by 157 feet. when he had it surveyed he discovered that one side was actually 2 feet longer that he thought and the other was actually 2 feet shorter than he thought. how much less area does he have than he thought he had? \n" ); document.write( "

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SAM lives in a lot that he thought was a square 157 feet by 157 feet.
\n" ); document.write( " when he had it surveyed he discovered that one side was actually 2 feet longer that he thought and the other was actually 2 feet shorter than he thought.
\n" ); document.write( " how much less area does he have than he thought he had?
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the area of both
\n" ); document.write( "157*157 = 24649
\n" ); document.write( "155*159 = 24645
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\n" ); document.write( "difference: 4 sq/ft less \n" ); document.write( "

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