An empty rectangular lot at an intersection is twice as wide as it is long. The city needs to widen the sidewalk next to the lot by cutting 1 meter

Question

An empty rectangular lot at an intersection is twice as wide as it is long. The city needs to widen the sidewalk next to the lot by cutting 1 meter from the length of the lot and 3 meters from the width of the lot, as shown in the following figure.

The smaller lot has an area of 28 square meters.

Part A: Which equation represents the area of the smaller lot?

Part B: What is the factored form of the equation that represents the area of the smaller lot?

Select two answers: one for Part A and one for Part B.

My answers i got were

A: (x−1)(2x−3)=28

B: (x−5)(2x+5)=0

I am unsure if these are correct.

Answer 1

Yup, these are correct.Good job!

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