SOLUTION: Area of a painting. A rectangular painting with a width of x centimeters has an area of x^2+50x square centimeters. Find a binomial that represents the length.
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Question 124364: Area of a painting. A rectangular painting with a width of x centimeters has an area of x^2+50x square centimeters. Find a binomial that represents the length. Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Start with the formula for the area of a rectangle:
The area, A, is given as:
The width is given as:
Find L: Factor an x from the binomial on the left side then divide both sides by x. Divide by x.
The length is represented by the binomial
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