A candy company makes the popular Henney's whose main ingredient is chocolate. The rectangular-shaped bar is 10 centimeters(cm) long, 5 cm wide, and 2 cm thick. The spot price of chocolate has decreased by 60% and the company has decided to reward its loyal customers with a 50% increase in the volume of the bar! The thickness will remain the same but the length and width will be increased by equal amounts. What will be the length and width of the new bar?

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A candy company makes the popular Henney's whose main ingredient is chocolate. The rectangular-shaped bar is 10 centimeters(cm) long, 5 cm wide, and 2 cm thick. The spot price of chocolate has decreased by 60% and the company has decided to reward  its loyal customers with a 50% increase in the volume of the bar! The thickness will remain the same but the length and width will be increased by equal amounts. What will be the length and width of the new bar?

anonymous · Answer

length = 11.514 cm and breadth = 6.514 cm

anonymous · Answer

Yeah but I don't understand how did we find this solution?

anonymous · Answer

(10+x)(5+x)(2)=150
Solve for x and x=1.514 which is the amount of increase in both length and width

anonymous · Answer

I got it now thanks a lot .