Question

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Select the correct answer.
A square field was enlarged by adding 5 feet to the length and width of the original field. If the area of the enlarged field is 576 square feet, what
was the side length of the original field?
A.
29 feet
19 feet
C.
6 feet
D.
36 feet​

Answer 1

The answer is 19 feet or B.

Explanation:

First you should know that a square has equal sides.

Then it tells you to add 5 feet on the original field. So you add 5 to 19 and you get 24. After that, you multiply the 24 by itself to get 576 feet.