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Holly has a rectangular garden that measures 12 m wide by 14 m long. She wants to increase the area to 255 m² by increasing the width and length by the same amount.
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Holly has a rectangular garden that measures 12 m wide by 14 m long. She wants to increase the area to 255 m² by increasing the width and length by the same amount.

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You would need to increase both sides by 3 to get 15m and 17m. I would show you my working but I just did trial and error. I hope this helps!
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