SOLUTION: the area of a rectangle is 270 cm^2. if the shorter side was reduced by 2 cm and the longer side was increased by 16 cm^2. find the lengths of the sides of the original rectangle

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Question 825577: the area of a rectangle is 270 cm^2. if the shorter side was reduced by 2 cm and the longer side was increased by 16 cm^2. find the lengths of the sides of the original rectangle
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"...the longer side was increased by 16 cm^2."