In Exercises 53–54, write a polynomial that represents the length of each rectangle.During the 1980s, the controversial economist Arthur Laffer promoted the idea that tax increases lead to a reduction in government revenue. Called supply-side economics, the theory uses functions such asThis function models the government tax revenue, f(x), in tens of billions of dollars, in terms of the tax rate, x. The graph of the function is shown. It illustrates tax revenue decreasing quite dramatically as the tax rate increases. At a tax rate of (gasp) 100%, the government takes all our money and no one has an incentive to work. With no income earned, zero dollars in tax revenue is generated.

The area is 8x6x5x + 3 square units. The width is x + units.