Question

HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED ..
The area of a rectangle is x2 - 2x - 15 and the length of the rectangle is x + 3. Find the width of the rectangle.

Answer 1

Answers ..
A. x – 5
B. x2 + 15
C. x + 5
D. (x – 2)(x + 3)

Answer 2

Divide the area by the length to get the width

Answer 3

i dont know how to do that on paper :o

Answer 4

\[\Large \frac{x^2 - 2x - 15}{x+3}\]

\[\Large \frac{(x – 5)(x + 3)}{x+3}\]

Can you see what's next?

Answer 5

lets factor \[x^{2}-2*x-15\]

Answer 6

so it would be a ? cause you factor out x + 3

Answer 7

yes, that's correct

Answer 8

thank you (:

Answer 9

sure thing