the rectangle below has an area of x^2-25 square meters and a length of x+5 meters. What expression represents the width of the rectangle?

Question

The solution is to find the width Of the rectangle.The rectangle represents the width of the rectangle.

Answer 1

Area = length x width

 

Area/length = width

 

 

(x^2 - 25)/(x+5) = width

 

width = (x+5)(x-5)/(x+5)

 

width = x-5