Question

Adina has a rectangular garden that measures 9 m wide by 13 m long. She wants to increase the area to 192 m2 by increasing the width and length by the same amount. What will be the length (longer dimension) of the new garden?



16 m



15 m



14 m



13 m

Answer 1

Yeah um

Answer 2

192 divided by 12 = 16 so its 16

Answer 3

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Answer 4

i thought it was second

Answer 5

yeah

Answer 6

what have you done so far?

Answer 7

si

Answer 8

hes putting down his work and im putting it in my note so it is helping me so thanks @EpicGammer

Answer 9

sorry

Answer 10

its not yo @Error1603

Answer 11

What are the current length and width of the garden?

You are adding the same amount to each dimension. Let that unknown amount be x.
Write formulas for the new length and width of the garden.

Answer 12

What is the area of the garden before it is enlarged?