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The are of a rectangle is represented by x^2 - 5x - 24. if the width of the rectangle is represented by x - 8, express the length of the rectangle as a binomial

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A =  x^2 - 5x - 24, a root (the width) is (x-8), through factorization, the length of the rectangle is (x+3).