SOLUTION: You live in a square room. If you increase the width of the room by 6 feet, the area is increase 4 times. What was the original width of the room?
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Question 201244: You live in a square room. If you increase the width of the room by 6 feet, the area is increase 4 times. What was the original width of the room? Answer by rbkumar_msc(2) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the side of the square be x feet.
area of the square=side x side =x2
new side (x+6)
new area (x+6)2 =4x2
solving this (x-6)(x+2)=0
x=6
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