Liliana decides to crop a square photo 2 inches on each side to fit it into a frame. The area of the original photo was 121 square inches. In the equation (x + 2)2 = 121, x repr…

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TygerKrash · Answer 1 · 2017-11-09T15:30:19+0000

Liliana decides to crop a square photo 2 inches on each side to fit it into a frame. The area of the original photo was 121 square inches. In the equation (x + 2)2 = 121, x represents the side measure of the cropped photo.
The dimensions of the cropped photo is 9 inches by 9 inches.

Neil W · Answer 2 · 2017-11-14T08:57:52+0000

Let

x------> represents the side measure of the cropped photo

we know that

$(x + 2)^(2) = 121 \\ (x+2)=√(121) \\ (x+2)=11\\ x=11-2\\ x=9\ in$

the photo is a square

so

the dimensions are
$9\ inches\ by\ 9\ inches$

therefore

the answer is the option

$9\ inches\ by\ 9\ inches$

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