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Miriam reduced a square photo by cutting 3 inches away from the length and the width so it will fit in her photo album. The area of the reduced photo is 64 square inches. In the equation (x – 3)2 = 64, x represents the side measure of the original photo. What were the dimensions of the original photo?

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Answer:

  11 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Take the square root and add 3.

  (x -3)² = 64

  x -3 = √64 = 8

  x = 8 +3 = 11

The original photo was 11 inches on a side.

Answer:

11 by 11 inches

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