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01 L1 - Perimeter Word Problems

Cooper, Sha Niya
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A piece of Plexiglas has a width which is 5 centimeters shorter than its length. What represents the area of the Plexiglas, in terms of its length (L)?

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Answer: x*(x-5)

Explanation:

Plexiglass is a cuboid

which means that the area would be l*w

in the question it states that the width is 5 cm shorter than the length

since we dont know the values

we represent them as x

so using l*w

we write x*(x-5)

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