Answer:
The width of the field is 4x + 20 / x² -2x -3 yards
Explanation:
The area of a rectangular field is given by the following formula:
area = length*width
In this case we want to find the width of this field, therefore if we isolate the width in the expression above we will have a suitable expression:
width*length = area
width = area / length
So applying the data from the problem, we have:
width = [(2x + 6)/(x + 1)] / [(x² - 9)/(2x + 10)]
width = [(2x + 6)/(x + 1)]*[(2x + 10)/(x² - 9)]
width = 2(x + 3)*(2x + 10) / (x+1)*(x - 3)*(x + 3)
width = 2*(2x + 10) / (x + 1)*(x - 3)
width = 4x + 20 / x² -2x -3