The area of a rectangle is x^2 + 4x - 5. If we factored this out, we would get the lengths and widths of the sides of the rectangle. For what value(s) of x would these side lengths not make any sense? Why?

If X ≤ 1, these side lengths has no sense.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can factored the expression X² + 4X - 5 in a expression in the form:

(X+a) (X+b)

Where a*b = -5 and a+b = 4

That means a could be 5 and b = -1:

(X+5) (X-1)

The side lenghts of the rectangle will not have any sense if ≤ 0. With the factored expression:

(X+5) ≤ 0 ;  If X ≤ -5, these side lengths has no sense.

Also:

(X-1) ≤ 0; If X ≤ 1, these side lengths has no sense.

Both expressions are resumed in:

walter needs to make at least 5 more cookies but no more than 40. 5 ≥ x ≥ 40;

step-by-step explanation:

walter has to make a minimum of 20 cookies. he already has 15 cookies made, so he must make 5 more to meet the minimum.

the maximum amount of cookies he can make is 55. he already has 15, so he has to make no more than 40 more cookies to meet the maximum.

you didn't post any answer choices, so its not 100% clear what your teacher is looking for

however, log(15/7) is equivalent to log(15) - log(7)

i'm using the rule log(x/y) = log(x) - log(y)