by decreasing each diminision by 2 units, the area of a rectangle decreased from 40 square feet on the left to 18 square feet on the right. find the percent decreased in area

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anonymous · Answer

please anybody. can you help me?

radar · Answer

I can not visualize this problem, is their two rectangles? One on the left and one on the right?  Where it states "each dimension by 2 units"   are we talking about 4 dimensions or 8???

radar · Answer

A drawing would help.

anonymous · Answer

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