document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=109414>Question 109414</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the area of the rectangle shown below is 2(3x-2)/x-1.  find the width.  2x+6/12x-15 is the length of the rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #79805 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chitra><B>chitra(359)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chitra><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=79805\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It is given that the area of the rectangle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the length is = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282x+%2B+6%29%2F%2812x+-+15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282x+%2B+6%29%2F%2812x+-+15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We are supposed to find the width of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that the area of the rectangle is given by A = l * w \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So substituing for the values, we get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29+=+%282x+%2B+6%29%2F%2812x+-+15%29+%2A+w+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29+=+%282x+%2B+6%29%2F%2812x+-+15%29+%2A+w+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therfore w = A/l \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%282%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29%29%2F+%28%282x+%2B+6%29%2F%2812x+-+15%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%282%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29%29%2F+%28%282x+%2B+6%29%2F%2812x+-+15%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therfore w = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29%29+%2A+%28%2812x+-+15%29%2F%282x+%2B+6%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%283x+-+2%29%2F%28x+-+1%29%29+%2A+%28%2812x+-+15%29%2F%282x+%2B+6%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This can be written as: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w =  3((3x - 2)(4x - 5))/((x - 1)(x + 3))}}} \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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