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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please Help FAST! The Area of a rectangular piece of land is 280 square meters. If the length of the land was 5 meters less and the width was 1 meter more, then shape of the land would be a square. A. Make an equation to find the width (x) of the land. Show ALL WORK!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

"If the land was 5 meters less," of what? Is the question word for word?

OpenStudy (a1234):

That part was confusing...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It means the land by the way

OpenStudy (a1234):

I think they mean that if the width was one meter more and length was 5 meters less than the current length/width, then it would be a square.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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