Question

The length of a rectangle is 5 feet less than 3 times its width. A. Write a rule for the area A as a function of the width w. B. What is the area of the rectangle when its width is 2 feet?

Answer 1

A. A = (3w - 5) * w

B. 2 feet squared

Step-by-step explanation:

A. The length is 5 less than 3 times the width. To write the rule for this, you’d subtract 5 from 3 times the width (3w - 5). The area is the length times the width so the rule would be:

A = (3w - 5) * w

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B. Plug in 2 for w using the given rule.

A = (3[2] - 5) * (2)

Distribute

(6 - 5) * 2

Subtract 5 from 6

1 * 2 = 2

The answer is 2 feet squared since this is area.