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The length of a rectangular cardboard is 2cm greater than it's width. If the length and the width were each decreased by 1 cm, the area of the
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The length of a rectangular cardboard is 2cm greater than it's width. If the length and the width were each decreased by 1 cm, the area of the card board will decrease by 27cm squared. What are the dimensions of the original piece of cardboard? Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source):
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w = 13 cm, the width of the cardboard, and
w + 2 = 15 cm, the length of the cardboard.
