The area of a rectangular swimming pool is 10x2 – 19x – 15. The length of the pool is 5x + 3. What is the width of the pool?

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To find the width of the pool, we first need to factor the area of the pool:

10x^2 - 19x - 15 = (5x + 3)(2x - 5)

Now that we have factored the area, we can see that the width of the pool is 2x - 5.