SOLUTION: A parallelogram has base (2x-3)and height (2x+3). Express the area in simplest form

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Question 118608: A parallelogram has base (2x-3)and height (2x+3). Express the area in simplest form
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember, the area of any parallelogram is: Area=base * height


So in our case, the area is:



Now let's foil the expression to get the area


Remember, when you FOIL an expression, you follow this procedure:


Multiply the First terms:


Multiply the Outer terms:


Multiply the Inner terms:


Multiply the Last terms:


Now collect every term to make a single expression



Now combine like terms



So foils and simplifies to

In other words,



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Answer:


So the area is

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