Question

The area of a rectangle with width x and length 5x is 5x2. What does the coefficient 5 mean in terms of the problem?

Answer 1

Answer:

The length is 5 times the width

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

W ----> the width of the rectangle

L ----> the length of the rectangle

we know that

The area of rectangle is equal to

$A=LW$

In this problem we have

$L=5x$ ----> equation A

$W=x$ ----> equation B

substitute equation B in equation A

$L=5W$

therefore

The length is 5 times the width