Last year, the school library had a total of x books. Over the summer, the library acquired another 40 books and now has a total of 1,795 books. Which equation could be used to find x, the number of books the library had last year?

Scenario: a rectangular plot of ground is 5 meters longer than it is wide. its area is 20,000 square meters. question: what equation will you find the dimensions? note: let w represent the width. options: w(w+5)=20,000 w^2=20,000+5 (w(w+5))/2=20,000 w+2(w+5)=20,000