SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle can be expressed as x^2+7x-30 What is the legnth and width of the rectangle? Can you please show steps :)

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Question 675351: The area of a rectangle can be expressed as x^2+7x-30
What is the legnth and width of the rectangle?
Can you please show steps :)
Answer by sachi(548) About Me  (Show Source):
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x^2+7x-30=x^2+(10-3)x-30=x^2+10x-3x-30=x(x+10)-3(x+10)=(x+10)(x-3)
so length=(x+10)
& width=(x-3)
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