You have 2 apples, get 3 more, and then lose 2 of them.
So, you HAVE 2 apples, and if you get 3 more, you can add it to the 2.

In total at the moment, you have 5 apples. Now, you lose 2 more. We can subtract that from our total number of apples.

We now know that you are left with
3 apples.
For a rectangle, A = LW.
A = (3x + 2)(x - 4)
A = 3x^2 - 12x + 2x - 8
A = 3x^2 -10x - 8
Answer: x=16
Step-by-step explanation:
For this problem, we can set a proportion to find the side length of the smaller rectangle.
[cross multiply]
[divide both sides by 15]
x=16