Question

The area of a garden is given by the trinomial g2 – 2g – 24. The garden’s length is g + 4. What is the garden’s width?

Answer 1

The Answer is B, g-6

Explanation:

Answer 2

For a rectangular figure, the area is the product of the length and the width.
A = L x W
g² - 2g - 24 = (g + 4) x W
The width is obtained by dividing the area by the length,
(g² - 2g - 24) / (g + 4) = W
From the equation, W is equal to g - c.