The area of a rectangular plot 24 feet long and 16 feet wide will be doubled by adding an equal width to each side of the plot. which equation can be used to find this added width? answers

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Shelly

18 June, 22:49

The area of a rectangular plot 24 feet long and 16 feet wide will be doubled by adding an equal width to each side of the plot. which equation can be used to find this added width? answers

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Eli · Answer 1

The current area is 24 times 16 or 384 square feet

double of that 768 squaer feet

the new dimetions are 24+x and 16+x

so

786 = (24+x) (16+x)

an equation could be

(20 (24) (16) = (24+x) (16+x)