Aimee is planning an expansion of a square flower garden in a city park. If each side of the original garden is increased by 6 meters, the new total area of the garden will be 196 square meters. Find the length of each side of the original garden.
2007-05-22 06:46:35 · 2 answers · asked by ******** 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
isn't there an explanation on how to solve these types of problems in your textbook? honestly how do you expect to learn if you ask others to do it for you
2007-05-22 06:58:18 · answer #1 · answered by karma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it gets increased by 6 meters on each side. The new area is 196.
Think about a square. How do you get the area? Base times height, no? Well yes it is actually.
So now you're going from area back to the numbers you multiplied. You find the square root. The square root of 196 is 14. It says each side of the new garden increased by 6. 14-6 = 8.
The original area, then, would be 64, and the length of each side was 8.
2007-05-22 06:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by (= Pucca 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋