tasha is planning an expansion of a square flower garden in a city park. if each side of the original garden is increased by 7 m, the new total area of the garden will be 144 m2. find the length of each side of the original garden.

The length of the side of the original garden is 5 m.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the original side of the garden be x.

SInce we are given that the side is incresed by 7 m.

So, the new side = x+7

Formula of area of square =

Where x is the side length of square .

So, area of garden after increasing the length of side by 7 =

Since we are given that the new total area of the garden will be

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Thus the length of the side of the original garden is 5 m.