Question

01 L1 - Perimeter Word Problems

Cooper, Sha Niya

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A piece of Plexiglas has a width which is 5 centimeters shorter than its length. What represents the area of the Plexiglas, in terms of its length (L)?

Answer 1

The area of the Plexiglas is given by the formula for the area of a rectangle, which is A = L * W, where L is the length and W is the width of the rectangle. In this case, the width is 5 centimeters shorter than the length, so we can represent it as W = L - 5. Substituting this expression for the width into the formula for the area, we get:

A = L * (L - 5)

This expression represents the area of the Plexiglas in terms of its length.