Question

6. The desks at Ryder Middle School are shaped

like a rectangle with an area of 2x²-3x - 2
square inches. The length of the desk is 2x + 1
inches. Write an expression to represent the
width of the desk. (Hint: A = lw)

Answer 1

The equation for the area of a rectangle is A = lw, where l is the length and w is the width. We are given the area (2x² - 3x - 2) and the length (2x + 1). To solve for the width, we can rearrange the equation to w = A/l.

Therefore, the expression to represent the width of the desk is w = (2x² - 3x - 2)/(2x +1).