Miriam reduced a square photo by cutting 3 inches away from the length and the width so it will fit in her photo album. The area

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Miriam reduced a square photo by cutting 3 inches away from the length and the width so it will fit in her photo album. The area

of the reduced photo is 64 square inches. In the equation (x – 3)2 = 64, x represents the side measure of the original photo. What were the dimensions of the original photo?

Mathematics

2 answers:

GuDViN [60] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-06T18:02:21+03:00

GuDViN [60]3 years ago

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Answer:

11 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Take the square root and add 3.

(x -3)² = 64

x -3 = √64 = 8

x = 8 +3 = 11

The original photo was 11 inches on a side.

musickatia [10] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-06T19:47:39+03:00

musickatia [10]3 years ago

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Answer:

11 by 11 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

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