Question

the area of a rectangle is given by the equation y=x^2-9x+14 and the length of the rectangle is x-2. which of the following expressions represents the width of the rectangle?

Answer 1

Divide x2 - 9x +14 by x-2
You get x - 7

Check your work by multiplying x-2 and x-7
Since you get x2 - 9x +14,

x-7 is the answer.