Answer: The length is 5 times the width
Step-by-step explanation:
Given: The area of rectangle = [tex]5x^2=(5x)(x)[/tex]
Here x must be a positive real number since it can not be negative.
Also for area of rectangle =[tex]length \times width[/tex]
And length is always greater than width of rectangle, therefore in the given expression 'x' must be width and '5x' must be length of rectangle .
[∵ for every positive x , 5x>x]
Hence, the coefficient 5 means the length is 5 times the width.
