jillian is trying to save water, so she reduces the size of her square grass lawn by 8 feet on each side. the area of the smalle
r lawn is 144 square feet. in the equation (x – 8)2 = 144, x represents the side measure of the original lawn. what were the dimensions of the original lawn? a=4 feet by 4 feet 8 b= feet by 8 8 feet by 8 c= d=20 feet by 20 feet
We can solve this equation by using the Square Root Method. First, take the square root of each side of the equation: (x-8)^2 = 144 becomes x-8 = 12 Then add 8 to both sides. x=20