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Coordinate Geometry

Question
CBSEENMA9001878

Give possible expressions for the length and breadth of each of the following rectangles, in which their areas are given:

box enclose bold space bold Area bold space bold colon bold space bold 25 bold a to the power of bold 2 bold minus bold 35 bold a bold plus bold 12 end enclose

Solution

25a2 - 35a + 12
= 25a2 - 20a - 15a + 12
= 5a(5a - 4) - 3(5a - 4)
= (5a - 4)(5a - 3)
∴ The possible expressions for the length and breadth of the rectangle are 5a - 3 and 5a - 4.