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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