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Our school flag is a rectangle. We are changing to a new rectangular flag design. The length of the new flag is 20% greater than the length of the old flag, and the width of the new flag is 10% less than the width of the old flag, The old school flag is 25 square feet. What is the area of the new flag?

Answer 1

Answer:

• 27 square feet

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Let the sides of the old rectangle are l and w.

Its area is

• A = lw = 25

New flag has dimensions

• Length is 20% greater  = 1.2l
• Width is 10% less = 0.9w

Area of new flag

• A = 1.2l × 0.9w = 1.08 lw
• A = 1.08×25 = 27

Answer 2

Answer: Hence the answer is 27 square feet.

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