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A restaurant has a patio that is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. The restaurant owners want to double the area of

the patio by increasing the width and the length by the same distance x. Write and solve an equation. What
are the new dimensions of the patio?

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Answer:

12 and 16

Step-by-step explanation: 8+4=12 and 12+4=16 and 16x12=192 and 96x2=192 and 12x8=96

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