A gardener grows cabbages in her garden that is in the shape of a square. Each cabbage takes 1 square feet of area in her garden. This year, she has increased her output by 197 cabbages as compared to last year. The shape of the area used for growing the cabbages has remained a square in both these years. How many cabbages did she produce this year?	Answers
A) 9801 B) 10,000 C) 14,400 D) 12,696 E) can not be determined

Rationale: "let the side for growing cabbages this year be x ft . thus the area is x ^ 2 . let the side for growing cabbages last year be y ft . thus , the area was y ^ 2 . the area would have increased by 197 sq ft as each cabbage takes 1 sq ft space . x ^ 2 - y ^ 2 = 197 ( x + y ) ( x - y ) = 197 197 is a prime number and thus it will be ( 99 + 98 ) * ( 99 - 98 ) . thus x = 99 and y = 98 x ^ 2 = 99 ^ 2 = 9801 the answer is a ."
Answer: A