SOLUTION: If 3x+8 represents the length of a rectangle and 2x-4 represents its width, which expression represents the area of the rectangle?

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Question 952589: If 3x+8 represents the length of a rectangle and 2x-4 represents its width, which expression represents the area of the rectangle?
Answer by greg98(5)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
area = length * width
= (3x+8)*(2x-4)
=+16x-12x-32
=+4x -32

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