Question

Katelyn was designing a cover for her binder and needed to cut some construction paper. The construction paper length can be represented by the expression (a2 + 7a - 3) if katelyn cut a piece that was (2a+5) long, how much construction paper is left

Answer 1

a² + 5a - 8

Explanation:

If the construction paper has a length of a² + 7a - 3, and Katelyn cut a piece 2a + 5 long, the amount of construction paper that would be left is,

a² + 7a - 3 - (2a + 5)

= a² + 7a - 3 - 2a - 5

collecting like terms, we have

= a² + 7a - 2a - 3 - 5

simplifying, we have

= a² + 5a - 8