Question

You are one of 5 people who have been hired to mow the law at the local college. Each week, the dimensions of the plot you are responsible to mow changes. The college conducts a lottery and whichever number is drawn, represents the x value. Your plot has a length which is 4 more than 5 times X and the width is 2 less than 3 times X.

A.) What are the dimensions of your mowing plot?
Length
Width

B.) What is the area of your plot?
(area= Length×width)

C.) if x=12 meters, how many square meters is your plot?​

Answer 1

See below

Explanation:

A. Length is 5x + 4

Width 3x - 2

B. (5x + 4)(3x - 2) = 15x^2 + 2x - 8

C. 15(12)^2 + 2(12) - 8 =

15(144) + 24 - 8 =

2176 sq m