Question

If the length of one side of a square is 4x-3, find the area in terms of x.

Answer 1

they really stretch for these word problems don't they? what they want is for you to compute
\[(4x-3)^2\]

Answer 2

We computed that \[16x^{2}-24x+9\] but what does that tell us?

Answer 3

Using the quadratic formula x will = 0.75 and when you plug that back into the original 4x-3 will equal 0 and 0 X 0 = 0 so is this unsolvable?

Answer 4

The problem wasn't an inequality. Obviously if you set the equation equal to 0, solve it, and then plug the values back in, you will always get 0.

Answer 5

So must I say x is something greater than 0.75?