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If the sides of a square are increased by 2 inches, the

area becomes 81 square inches. Find the length of the
sides of the original square
The length of the sides of the original square is

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the length of each side is 7 inches

If you take the square root of 81 which is 9, you then subtract 2 which gives you 7

According to how squares are, all 4 sides will have the same length. which means both sides are 7

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