Bradley has a square piece of cardboard with each side equal to x units. Part A: Bradley pasted rectangular strips along two adjacent sides of the cardboard to increase its length and width by y units each. What will be the change in the area of the piece of cardboard? Show your work.
Part B: Bradley cut off rectangular strips from two adjacent sides of the cardboard to decrease its length and width by y units each. What will be the change in the area of the piece of cardboard? Show your work. Part C: Bradley cut off a strip from one side of the cardboard and pasted the strips on an adjacent side of the cardboard to increase its length by y units and decrease its width by y units. What will be the change in the area of the cardboard? Show your work
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