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A square in altered so that one dimension is increased by 5 inches and the other dimension is decreased by 2 inches. If the area of the resulting rectangle is 98 quarry inches, find the area of the original
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A square in altered so that one dimension is increased by 5 inches and the other dimension is decreased by 2 inches. If the area of the resulting rectangle is 98 quarry inches, find the area of the original square

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Answer: the answer is 9.

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7 inches

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