Question
The side of a square flower bed is 1.5 m long.It is Enlarged by digging around 25 cm wife strip all around outside it . Find the area of the Enlarged flower bed and also the increase in area of the flower bed.
Answers
so you are adding 2(.25) m or .5 m to each side
old area = 1.5^2 m^2 = 2.25 m^2
new area = 2^2 m^2 = 4 m^2
increase = ....
old area = 1.5^2 m^2 = 2.25 m^2
new area = 2^2 m^2 = 4 m^2
increase = ....
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