2021 Fall AMC 10A Problems/Problem 2
Problem
Menkara has a index card. If she shortens the length of one side of this card by
inch, the card would have area
square inches. What would the area of the card be in square inches if instead she shortens the length of the other side by
inch?
Solution
We construct the following table:
Therefore, the answer is
~MRENTHUSIASM