Question

Anthony has a square-shaped, wooden board. To build a door, he uses the board and cuts 3 feet off of its width. The new area of the wooden board is given by the expression below, where x represents the length in feet.

x(x-3)
Which statement best describes the term (x - 3)?

Answer 1

Anthony has a square-shaped, wooden board. To build a door, he uses the board and cuts 3 feet off of its width. The new area of the wooden board is given by the expression below, where x represents the length in feet.
x(x-3)
Which statement best describes the term (x - 3)?