The area of a rectangular painting is given by the trinomial x2 + 2x – 15. What are the possible dimensions of the painting? Use factoring.

Question

(1 point)
Responses

(x + 5) and (x – 3)
( x + 5) and ( x – 3)

(x + 5) and (x + 3)
( x + 5) and ( x + 3)

(x – 5) and (x – 3)
( x – 5) and ( x – 3)

(x – 5)and (x + 3)

Answer 1

(x + 5) and (x – 3)