Question 1048957: The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. If the length is decreased by 9 and the width is tripled, the area is increased by 50%. What was the area of the original triangle?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! What was the area of the original - did you mean to say, RECTANGLE?
 , original area
Changed rectangle,  , the 50% area increase.
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Re-substitute for A.
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Maybe the constant term is better factorable.
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Approx,  , and 
If taking the PLUS form of L,
Original area, 820
If taking the MINUS form of L,
Original area, 68
Answer by ikleyn(52781)  (Show Source):
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