Question

Michael is designing a backyard garden. He would like the length of the garden to be 3 feet longer than the width. The area of Michael’s garden is given by x2 + 3x, where x represents the width of the garden. The binomial x + 3 is a factor of the polynomial. What does this factor represent?

Answer 1

it’s 3 + x and it’ll be 3

Answer 2

x+3 represents the ideal length of the garden that Michael would like. In the problem, it states the he would like the length of the garden to be 3 feet longer than the width.