Problema Solution

Madhu's flower garden is now square.if she enlarges it by increasimg the width 1 metre and the length 3 metres ,the area will be 19 sq metres more than the present area.what is lenth of a side now?

Answer provided by our tutors

The length of side: x

So the equation is

x^2 +19 = (x+1)(x+3)

So

x = 4

So the length of side is 4 meters.


 


The length now is (4+3=7 meters), not 4 meters, thanks