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Each side of square is lengthened by 3 inches the area of this new larger square is 25 square feet. Find the length of a side of the original square

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you do 25 x 3 which is 75
You do this because to find the original square times the sides together to create it if ygm
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Answer: 57 inches

Step-by-step explanation: For the area to be 25 square feet , each side would have to be 5 feet. Convert 5 feet to inches. Each side would be 60 inches. If the original square’s side length was 3 inches less, it would be 60-3= 57 inches.

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