Prealgebra (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134179018
Author: Jamie Blair, John Tobey Jr., Jeffrey Slater, Jenny Crawford
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.5, Problem 14E
(a)
To determine
To calculate: The amount of increase in the width of rectangle.
(b)
To determine
To calculate: Theincreased width of rectangle.
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Prealgebra (6th Edition)
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