The side of the square is 15 meters, how many percent will its area increase if the side is increased by 3 meters.

1) Find out what area the square had with sides of 15 cm.

15 * 15 = 225 cm².

2) Find out the length of the side of the square if it was increased by 3 cm, and the original length of the side of the square was 15 cm.

15 + 3 = 18 cm.

3) Find the area of the new square if the length of its sides is 18 cm.

18 * 18 = 324 cm².

4) Let’s find out what the difference was made by the area.

324 – 225 = 99 cm².

5) Find out by how many% the area of the square has increased.

225 – 100%

99 – X%.

99 * 100/225 = 44%.

Answer: the area of the square has increased by 44%.



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