SOLUTION: The owner of a daycare center plans to have a rectangular sandbox built in the outdoor play area. The width (in feet) of the sandbox is given by the polynomial 2x-5. If the lengt

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Question 144234: The owner of a daycare center plans to have a rectangular sandbox built in the outdoor play area. The width (in feet) of the sandbox is given by the polynomial 2x-5. If the length of the sandbox is designed to be 10 feet longer than the width, write a polynomial that represents the area of the sandbox.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let


Since the length is "10 feet longer than the width", this means that


So to find the area, use this formula




Plug in and


Foil


Combine like terms


So the area is
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