3 years ago

The area of the rectangle shown is 2x^2-x-15 square units. What is the width of the rectangle?

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1 answer:

yuradex [85]3 years ago

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Answer:

<h2>The width is (2x + 5) or (x - 3)</h2>

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula of an area of a rectangle:

$A=lw$

l - length

w - width

We have

$A=2x^2-x-15$

$2x^2-x-15=2x^2+5x-6x-15=x(2x+5)-3(2x+5)\\\\=(2x+5)(x-3)$

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