document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=124920>Question 124920</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rose's garden is a square with sides of length x feet.Next spring she plans to make it rectangular by lengthening one side 5 feet and shortening the other side by 5 feet. What polynomial represents the new area? By how much will the area of the new garden differ from that of the old garden? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #91597 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=91597\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A SQUARE GARDEN THAT IS X FT ON A SIDE HAS X^2FT OF AREA<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF YOU SHORTEN ONE SIDE BY 5 FT & EXTEND THE OTHER SIDE BY 5 FT YOU NOW HAVE AN AREA OF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X-5)(X+5)=X^2-25.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "COMPARING THE ORIGINAL AREA OF X^2 FT WITH THE NEW AREA OF (X^2-25) YOU SEE THAT YOU LOST 25 FT^2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF IS IN SUBSTITUTING ANY NUMBER GREATER THAN 5 FOR X AND SOLVING THESE TWO EQUATIONS. </SPAN>\n" );
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