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. whats the length and area?

Let

x-------> the length side of the original square garden

Step 1

Find the value of x

we know that

taking square root both sides

the solution is

therefore

the answer Part a) is

The original length side of the square garden is

Step 2

Find the area of the original square garden

we know that

the area of the original square garden is equal to

substitute the value of x in the formula

therefore

the answer part b) is

the area of the original square garden is

2

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