SOLUTION: if the length of a rectangle is increased by 5cm and width increase by 1cm and its area decrease by 35cm2. if the length and width are increase by 5cm and 1 cm respectively, the ar

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Question 1077741: if the length of a rectangle is increased by 5cm and width increase by 1cm and its area decrease by 35cm2. if the length and width are increase by 5cm and 1 cm respectively, the area is increase by 64cm2, find the dimension of rectangle
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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if the length of a rectangle is increased by 5cm and width increase by 1cm and its area decrease by 35cm2.
if the length and width are increase by 5cm and 1 cm respectively, the area is increase by 64cm2, find the dimension of rectangle
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This part of the condition 

     "if the length of a rectangle is increased by 5cm and width increase by 1cm and its area decrease by 35cm2"

is self-contradictory.



Answer by amfagge92(93) About Me  (Show Source):
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Indeed, the area ought to increased not decreased!