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Question 1056348: The length of a rectangle is 3 units more than 5 times the width. Write an expression for the area of the rectangle. (current length of rectangle is 5x+3 and the width is x.
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Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The length of a rectangle is 3 units more than 5 times the width. Write an expression for the area of the rectangle.
(current length of rectangle is 5x+3 and the width is x.
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Let the width be x.
Then the length is 5x+3.

The area is the product L*W, or x*(5x+3).

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