SOLUTION: The school is constructing a new gym. They want a 12-foot-wide tile border around the outside edge of the square court, and the total side length is 7x. Write a polynomial for the

Question 1014865: The school is constructing a new gym. They want a 12-foot-wide tile border around the outside edge of the square court, and the total side length is 7x. Write a polynomial for the area of the court, not including the tile border.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract 2 border widths from the side length
= width of court
not including border
Let = area of court not including border

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