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A square is altered so that one dimension is increased by 4, while the other dimension is decreased by 2 The area of the resulting rectangle is 55. Find the area of the original…

A square is altered so that one dimension is increased by 4, while the other dimension is decreased by 2 The area of the resulting rectangle is 55. Find the area of the original…
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A square is altered so that one dimension is increased by 4, while the other dimension is decreased by 2

The area of the resulting rectangle is 55. Find the area of the original square.

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I believe the answer would be 47.

If you add a rectangle with sides of 4 and 2 that would have an area of 8 remove the area of 8 from the area of 55 you get 47.
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