SOLUTION: two sides of a square are increased by 2 meters and two sides are decreased by 2 meters to create a rectangle. The new area is 10 times the original area. Find the original lengt

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Question 608063: two sides of a square are increased by 2 meters and two sides are decreased by 2 meters to create a rectangle. The new area is 10 times the original area. Find the original length of each side of the square. Round to nearest tenth.
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for a fixed perimeter, a square is the rectangle with the largest area

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