SOLUTION: Gerry wants to fence on a square lot.To add more space to your yard, you purchase an additional 8 meters along the side of the property. The area of the lot is now 345 square meter

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Question 1092273: Gerry wants to fence on a square lot.To add more space to your yard, you purchase an additional 8 meters along the side of the property. The area of the lot is now 345 square meters. What are the dimensions of the new lot?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, the side length of the original square lot.
Change of area from some x%5E2, to x%2A%28x%2B8%29=345.
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Answer by ikleyn(52797) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Different parts of this post are not consistent and are not relevant to each other.

My opinion is that you mixed the conditions of two (or even more) different problems.