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Brendan has a rectangular paved area in his backyard. If the length and breadth were increased by the same percentage and the area increases by 21%, what is the percentage increase of the length and breadth?

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1.21 L W = x L * x W

1.21 = x^2 ... x = 1.1 ... a 10% increase

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