Asked by maxx

Mandisa draws a rectangle to represent the area of her yard. The area can be represented by 10x2 – 13x – 14.

A rectangle labeled 10 x squared minus 13 x minus 14
What expressions can Mandisa use to represent the length and width of her yard?

(2x + 2) and (5x – 7)
(5x – 2) and (2x + 7)
(x – 2) and (10x + 7)
(10x + 2) and (x – 7)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
(x − 2) and (10x + 7)

Work: 10x^2 − 13x − 14 = 10x^2 − 20x + 7x − 14 = 10x(x − 2) + 7(x − 2) = (x − 2)(10x + 7).