Question 168418
Area of large rectangle is 18x-24. Area of smaller rectangle within the larger rectangle is 4x. What is the area of larger rectangle minus the smaller rectangle.
I've got this much: 18x - 24 - 4x -> 14x - 24 is the area of the larger rectangle not counting the area of the smaller rectangle. What is x equal to?
-----------------------
There's no way to know without additional info.  Did the problem ask for x?  Is there a drawing/