A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 25 percent and decreased its width by 20 percent. The area of the new garden  Pick
A) has increased by 20 percent  B) has increased by 12 percent  C) has increased by 8 percent  D) is exactly the same as the old area  E) cannot be expressed in percentage terms without actual numbers
Let L be the original length and let W be the original width.   The original area was L*W.   The new area is 0.8W*1.25L = (0.8)(1.25)L*W = L*W   The answer is is exactly the same as the old area.
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A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 25 percent and decreased its width by 20 percent. The area of the new garden