Jillian is trying to save water so she reuces the size of her square grass lawn by 8 ft on each side the area of the smaller lawn is 144 square feet in the equation (x-2)^2=144 x represents the side measure of the original lawn. what were the dimensions of the original lawn?

20 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Jillian is trying to save water so she reduces the size of her square grass lawn by 8 ft on each side the area of the smaller lawn is 144 square feet.

The equation according to the given information will be :-

, x represents the side measure of the original lawn.

To find x , first we take square root on the both sides , we get

Now, add 8 on the both sides ,we get

But dimensions cannot be negative .

Therefore , the dimensions of the original lawn = 20 feet.

ruth is 6 years old

step-by-step explanation:

6 + 24 = 30,   so 6/30 = .2  

if you do 1/5 it also equals .2, so that is the answer.