Question

What represents the area of a rectangle whose length is 3x – 5 and whose width is x – 4?
Is it 3x2 – 17x + 20??

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

absolutley

Answer 3

\[\implies (3x - 5)(x-4)\]
\[\implies 3x^2 - 12x - 5x + 20\]
\[\implies 3x^2 -17x + 20\]

Answer 4

^long way of saying you're right