A rectangular flower bed is enlarged so that its area increases by 15 yd². The enlarged flower bed is a rectangle and its area is x^2+8x+15 yd². What expressions represent the dimensions of the flower bed before the increase? Enter your answers in the boxes.

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Kenya Gray

3 August, 19:35

A rectangular flower bed is enlarged so that its area increases by 15 yd². The enlarged flower bed is a rectangle and its area is x^2+8x+15 yd². What expressions represent the dimensions of the flower bed before the increase? Enter your answers in the boxes.

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Guillermo Duarte · Answer 1

X^2+8x+15 is new enlarged area of bed.

Area is increased by 15yd^2.

Original was x^2+8x, as it is a rectangle

So dimention of a previous bed is x^2and8x