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?
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(x - 8)^2 = 144 take the sq rt of both sides x - 8 = 12 x = 12 + 8 x = 20