Question

The area of this rectangle is 5x^2. What does the coefficient 5 mean in terms of the problem

Answer 1

it means that the length is 5 times the width

Answer 2

Option: B is the correct answer.

The length is 5 times the width.

Explanation:

We know that the area of the rectangle is defined as the product of the length and breadth(width) of the given rectangle.

i.e. Area of rectangle=Length×Width

Here we are given length of the rectangle as: 5x

and width of the rectangle as: x

This means that the area of rectangle is:

`Area=5x* x\\\\i.e.\\\\Area=5x^2`

Hence, we have:

`Length=5* width\\\\Since,width=x\\\\and\\\\Length=5x`

i.e. The length is the 5 times of the width.