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The area of the following rectangle is 30 square units. What is the value of x?

The area of the following rectangle is 30 square units. What is the value of x?-example-1
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Hello!

To find the area of a rectangle you do length * width

You can plug in the values you know

(x - 2) * 5 = 30

Divide both sides by 5

x - 2 = 6

Add 2 to both sides

x = 8

The answer is 8

Hope this helps!
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