Stretching Rectangle

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Stretching Rectangle

The height of a rectangle is decreased by two inches, and the width is increased by three inches. The new rectangle’s area is 14 square inches more than the original rectangle’s area. If the dimensions of the rectangle are integers, what is the smallest possible area of the original rectangle?

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