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 smaller 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?

20 x 20 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

First I just drew out two squares, one was the first un-cut square and the second is the cut one. Since we know that the area of the smaller square is 144, and Area is just side^2 , we know that all the sides of the smaller square are 12. Now, all we have to do is add 8 to 12 to get the original lawn. The original lawn was a 20 x 20 ft lawn.

i think it's either c or d

step-by-step explanation: the entire question is extremely odd. 04 obviously refers to the interest rate. honestly i will say the answer is c. because the (2 x 12) part would mean it's compounded semiannually. i'll say choose c.