The area of a rectangle is (x4 4x3 3x2 – 4x – 4), and the length of the rectangle is (x3 5x2 8x 4). If area = length × width, what is the width of the rectangle? x 1 x – 9 x 4 x – 1

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".