A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 25 percent and decreased its width by 10 percent. The area of the new garden	Options.
A) has increased by 15 percent
B) has increased by 12.5 percent
C) has increased by 7.5 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 0.9W*1.25L = (0.9)(1.25)L*W = 1.125*L*W   The answer is has increased by 12.5 percent.
<result>B</result>
A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 25 percent and decreased its width by 10 percent. The area of the new garden