6. The area of a rectangular sheet of paper is 300 cm squared. The length is 5 cm more than the width a) If the width of the rectangle is x cm, state an expression for the length of the rectangle.
b) Write and algebraically solve a quadratic equation to determine the length and
width of the rectangle.

a) length = x + 5  

b) + 5x - 300 = 0

Step-by-step explanation:

x = width

x + 5 = length

(x)(x + 5) = 300

+ 5x = 300

+ 5x - 300 = 0

(x+20)(x-15)

x = -20 or x = 15  ( disregard the -20. measurements can't be negative)

width = 15

length = x+ 5 =  15+5 = 20

one that is bigger than 3 1/2

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)