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Question from Becky, a parent: the area of a rectangular lot is represented by 6t^2+13t-5. What are the length and the width of the rectangular lot? |
Becky,
This is a bazaar problem as you are not told what t is. I think you are expected to factor 6t2 + 13t - 5 to get
6t2 + 13t - 5 = (at + b)(ct + d)
for some numbers a, b, c and d and the say that the rectangle is (at + b) units by (ct + d).
Harley
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