Question

The perimeter of a square is 36 feet. If you increase the length by 3 feet and decrease the width

by 2 feet, what is the area of the new figure?

Answer 1

84 feet

Explanation:

If the perimeter is 36 feet, and all the sides are the same length, then all the sides are 9. if we increase the length by 3 feet and decrease the width by 2 feet then we are left with 12 * 7 = 84