Michael is designing a backyard garden. He would like the length of the garden to be 3 feet longer than the width. The area of M
ichael’s garden is given by x2 + 3x, where x represents the width of the garden. The binomial x + 3 is a factor of the polynomial. What does this factor represent?
x+3 represents the ideal length of the garden that Michael would like. In the problem, it states the he would like the length of the garden to be 3 feet longer than the width.