Question

Miles has a square garden in his backyard. He decides to decrease the size of the garden by 1 foot on each side in order to make a gravel border. After he completes his gravel border, the area of the new garden is 25 feet2. In the equation (x - 1)2 = 25, x represents the side measure of the original garden.
The length of each side of the original garden was __ feet.

The area of the original garden was __ feet^2.

Answer 1

Answer:

6 and 36

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

6 and 36

Step-by-step explanation:

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