SOLUTION: Hello, I am working on a problem involving writing an expression for the area of the base. The problem is: A cube shaped suitcase has a length of 3x+2 units. What is an expre

Question 1153933: Hello,
I am working on a problem involving writing an expression for the area of the base.
The problem is: A cube shaped suitcase has a length of 3x+2 units. What is an expression for its area of the base?
How do you write an expression for the area of the base?
Thanks!
Answer by ramkikk66(644) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am assuming that length refers to the length of one edge of the cube (all edges of a cube are equal).
The area of the base (which is a square) is nothing but the length multiplied by breadth (which is also equal to the length)
So the expression for area of the base is

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