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Area of a rectangle is 6x^2 + 5x - 6 and the length is 3x - 2. What expression

represents the width?

Area of a rectangle is 6x^2 + 5x - 6 and the length is 3x - 2. What expression represents-example-1

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Answer:

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2x+3

Explanation:

We can factorise the area:

6x²+9x-4x-6

3x(2x+3)-2(2x+3)

(3x-2)(2x+3)

So the width is 2x+3

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