SOLUTION: Essay: Show all work. A gardener wants to create a triangular garden in the shape of a right triangle with shortest side length x � 8y ft. and the middle length side x + 6y ft. Wha

Question 461459: Essay: Show all work. A gardener wants to create a triangular garden in the shape of a right triangle with shortest side length x � 8y ft. and the middle length side x + 6y ft. What is an algebraic expression for the area of the garden? Be sure to multiply this out and express in simplest correct mathematical form, including units.
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Essay: Show all work. A gardener wants to create a triangular garden in the shape of a right triangle with shortest side length x � 8y ft. and the middle length side x + 6y ft. What is an algebraic expression for the area of the garden? Be sure to multiply this out and express in simplest correct mathematical form, including units.
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The given sides are the legs of the right triangle.
Area = leg1*leg2
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Area = (x-8y)(x+6y) sq. ft
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Area = x^2-8xy+6xy-48y^2
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Area = x^2-2xy-48y^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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