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The area of a rectangle is x² + 9x + 20 square units, and one side is x + 4 units. What is the other side?

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Correct answer: x + 5

The direct answer is A: x + 5. The area of a rectangle equals the product of its two sides. Therefore the unknown side is (x² + 9x + 20) ÷ (x + 4). Factor the numerator by finding two numbers whose product is 20 and whose sum is 9: they are 4 and 5. Thus x² + 9x + 20 = (x + 4)(x + 5). Cancelling the given side x + 4 leaves x + 5. Option A is correct, and multiplying the two sides gives the original area. Option B would produce x² + 20x + 64, not the given polynomial. Option C gives x² − x − 20, and option D gives x² + 8x + 16. Memory cue: for rectangle-area questions, factor the area polynomial and identify the known side as one factor.

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FactorisationRectangle AreaQuadratic TrinomialAlgebraic ApplicationsExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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