A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 20 percent and decreased its width by 10 percent. The area of the new garden  Select:
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 0.9W*1.2L = (0.9)(1.2)L*W = 1.08*L*W   The answer is has increased by 8 percent.
<result>C</result>
A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 20 percent and decreased its width by 10 percent. The area of the new garden