If you add 5 meters to the length of a square, its area will be 15 square meters. If you add 3 meters to the width of a rectangle, its area will be 24 square meters What is the original area of this rectangle?

If you add 5 meters to the length of a square, its area will be 15 square meters. If you add 3 meters to the width of a rectangle, its area will be 24 square meters What is the original area of this rectangle?

If the width of the rectangle is increased to 3m, the area will be 24 square meters
15 / (8 + 5) = 15 / 13m [width of rectangle]
Original area = 8 × 15 / 13 ≈ 9.23 square meters