SOLUTION: The area of a rectangular coffee table is given by the trinomial x2+7x−8. The table's length is x+8. What is the table's width?

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Question 1032576: The area of a rectangular coffee table is given by the trinomial x2+7x−8. The table's length is x+8. What is the table's width?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Once again, we can long divide or just factor
x^2 + 7x - 8 = (x + 8)(x - 1)
so that the width has to be
x - 1