Homework Help: algebra

Posted by LC Clark on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 4:13pm.

If the lenght of a rectangle is 15 inches longer than its width whats an equation to represent the area of the rectangle?

algebra - drwls, Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 5:42pm
Area = L x W = L x (L - 15) = L^2 -15L

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