Mr. Chambliss is planning to build a shed with a rectangular floor. In his original plan, the length of the floor was 7 feet and

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Mr. Chambliss is planning to build a shed with a rectangular floor. In his original plan, the length of the floor was 7 feet and

the area of the floor was 35 square feet. In his new plan, he wants to extend the length by 3 more feet. If the total area of the shed will be 70 square feet, by how many feet will he have to extend the width?

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vekshin1 · Answer 1 · 2022-04-22T15:14:24+03:00

vekshin13 years ago

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Basically he is doubling his original area...

Since A=LW the original W=35/7=5...

70=(7+3)(5+x)

70=10(5+x)

7=5+x

x=2

So he will have to extend the original width by 2 ft