SOLUTION: if a rectangular region having an area of 500 square units has its length increased by 20 percent and its width decreaded by 10 percent, what is the area of the newly formed region

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Question 259574: if a rectangular region having an area of 500 square units has its length increased by 20 percent and its width decreaded by 10 percent, what is the area of the newly formed region?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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L%2AW=500
%281.2L%29%281.1W%29=1.32LW=1.32%28500%29=660
660 square units.