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Solve the Problem. -A Bakery Owner Sells Rectangular Birthday Cakes That Are 5

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Solve the problem.
-A bakery owner sells rectangular birthday cakes that are 5 inches longer than they are wide. To increase his profit, he decides to decrease both the length and width by 3 inches. If the area of the new cake is 66 in.2 smaller
Than the old cake, then what are the length and width of the old cake?


A) length = 16 in. ; width = 8 in.
B) length = 17 in. ; width = 11 in.
C) length = 15 in. ; width = 10 in.
D) length = 14 in. ; width = 9 in.

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