document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=611882>Question 611882</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">       Write an expression that represents the area of a rectangle given that the \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length = (x+3) and the width = (3x + 4).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #385181 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><B>jsmallt9(3759)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jsmallt9><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=385181\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Math will become easier for you once you learn that if the area of a rectangle is length times width, it is <i>always</i> length times width no matter what the length and width are.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if your rectangle has a length of (x+3) and a width of (3x+4) then (surprise, surprise) its area is length times width:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = (x+3)(3x+4)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "This may be an acceptable answer. Or you might want to use FOIL to to multiply this out. </SPAN>\n" );
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