A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the original floor. How many meters did the addition extend beyond the original buildings ?  Choices
A) 10	B) 20	C) 50	D) 100	E) 500
as L*B=10000 ie for square L=B=100m   THEN,   IF A RE50TANGULAR ADDITIONALLY WAS BUILT ALONG ONE ENTIRE SIDE IT ENSURES THAT ONE SIDE MUST BE REMAIN SAME AS THE SQUARE   HEN50E EQUATION BE50OMES   (100+X)100=10000+(1/2)*10000   (100+X)100=15000   X=50   ANSWER:50
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A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the original floor. How many meters did the addition extend beyond the original buildings ?