SOLUTION: lisa has a square vegetable garden in her backyard. she wants to redesign the garden by increasing its length by 4 and decreasing the width by 3. express the area of the new garden

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Question 1031029: lisa has a square vegetable garden in her backyard. she wants to redesign the garden by increasing its length by 4 and decreasing the width by 3. express the area of the new garden as a trinomial in terms of x
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +x+ = the original width of square garden
Let +A+ = the area of the NEW garden
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+A+=+%28+x+%2B+4+%29%2A%28+x+-+3+%29+
+A+=+x%5E2+%2B+4x+-+3x+-+12+
+A+=+x%5E2+%2B+x+-+12+