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

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Nick DeFazio · Answer 1 · 2019-05-28T11:41:51+0000

Option: B is the correct answer.

The length is 5 times the width.

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.