document.write( "Question 972882: A rectangle has a length that is 4 feet greater than its width. If each side of the rectangle is increased by 2 feet, write an equation to represent the area of the new rectangle.\r
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A rectangle has a length that is 4 feet greater than its width. If each side of the rectangle is increased by 2 feet, write an equation to represent the area of the new rectangle.\r
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Let rectangle's width be W
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document.write( "Then its length = W + 4
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document.write( "An increase of 2 feet makes the new width: W + 2
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document.write( "An increase of 2 feet makes the new length: W + 4 + 2, or W + 6
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document.write( "New area = new width, times new length, OR (W + 2)(W + 6)
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document.write( "This expands, by distribution, to:  \n" );
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