The area of a rectangular carpet is given by the trinomial 5x2 – 3x – 14. What are the possible dimensions of the carpet? Use factoring.

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The area of a rectangular carpet is given by the trinomial 5x2 – 3x – 14. What are the possible dimensions of the carpet? Use factoring.

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(5x + 7) and (–x – 2)
(5 x + 7) and (– x – 2)

(5x + 7) and (x – 2)
(5 x + 7) and ( x – 2)

(5x – 7) and (x – 2)
(5 x – 7) and ( x – 2)

(5x – 7) and (x + 2)

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
3 months ago

The correct answer is:

(5x + 7) and (x - 2)