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I need some help with this question cause i didnt quite understand it-example-1
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Consider that the area (A) of a rectangle with length L and width W, is given by,


A=L* W

According to the problem, it is given that,


\begin{gathered} A=x^2-x-72 \\ L=x+8 \end{gathered}

Substitute the values and solve for W as,


\begin{gathered} x^2-x-72=(x+8)* W \\ W=(x^2-x-72)/(x+8) \\ W=(x^2-9x+8x-72)/(x+8) \\ W=\frac{x^{}(x-9)+8(x-9)}{x+8} \\ W=\frac{^{}(x-9)(x+8)}{x+8} \\ W=x-9 \end{gathered}

Thus, the width of the rectangle is (x-9) meters.

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