A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 30 percent and decreased its width by 20 percent. The area of the new garden	Choose the correct choice from the following choices:	A) has increased by 4 percent	B) has increased by 8 percent	C) has increased by 12 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*1.3L = (0.8)(1.3)L*W = 1.04L*W   The answer is has increased by 4 percent.
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A gardener increased the length of a rectangle-shaped garden by 30 percent and decreased its width by 20 percent. The area of the new garden