The area of a rectangle is A=LW, the area of a square is A=S^2.
W=S-2 and L=2S-3
And we are told that the areas of each figure are the same.
S^2=LW, using L and W found above we have:
S^2=(2S-3)(S-2) perform indicated multiplication on right side
S^2=2S^2-4S-3S+6 combine like terms on right side
S^2=2S^2-7S+6 subtract S^2 from both sides
S^2-7S+6=0 factor:
S^2-S-6S+6=0
S(S-1)-6(S-1)=0
(S-6)(S-1)=0, since W=S-2, and W>0, S>2 so:
S=6 is the only valid value for S. Now we can find the dimensions of the rectangle...
W=S-2 and L=2S-3 given that S=6 in
W=4 in and L=9 in
So the width of the rectangle is 4 inches and the length of the rectangle is 9 inches.
Answer:
3x^3+ 12x^2-15x
Step-by-step explanation:
First, you would have to distribute the 3x to everything in the parentheses. So you can write it out as (3x*x^2)+(3x*4x)+(3x*5). Solving this will give you the answer. We'll start off with (3x*x^2). Because we are MULTIPLYING, this part will equal to 3x^3. There is ONE x with 3x (think of it as 3x^1) and 2 x's in x^2, having a total of 3 x's, or x^3. Since the 3 is being multiplied as well, we can write it as 3x^3.
Second, we will solve (3x*4x). We are multiplying, so first we multiply 3*4 and then x*x. 3*4 is 12 and x*x is x^2. There are 2 x's being mutipled by each other, so the x becomes squared. Now we finish and multiply 12*x^2 wich is 12x^2.
Lastly, we solve (3x*5). 3x is being multiplied 5 times which gives us 15x.
I hope this helped :)