SOLUTION: The measure of the area of a rectangle is 6a^2+7a+2. The width is a binomial of the form ap+q. What is the measure of the perimeter of the rectangle?

Question 34162: The measure of the area of a rectangle is 6a^2+7a+2. The width is a binomial of the form ap+q. What is the measure of the perimeter of the rectangle?
Answer by Cintchr(481) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area is defined as L*W
so factor the area that is represented by the trinomial

Perimiter is defined as 2(L+W)
so plug in the L and W that you factored

Add the terms in the parenthesis

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