SOLUTION: the area of a rectangle is 2x^2-11x+15 square feet. the length of the rectangle is 2x-5 feet. What is the width of the rectangle?

Question 675962: the area of a rectangle is 2x^2-11x+15 square feet. the length of the rectangle is 2x-5 feet. What is the width of the rectangle?
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the area of a rectangle is
the length of the rectangle is
the width will be

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Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a = lw, then w = a/l
...

...
(2x-5) goes into : x
to get

subtracting
2x^2 - 2x^2 - 11x - -5x
yielding
-6x
...
(2x-5) goes into -6x + 15: -3
to get
-6x + 15
subtracting
-6x - -6x + 15 - 15
yielding
0
...

...
Width is
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