SOLUTION: barbie & ken planned to build a square house with area x2 square feet. then they revised the plan so that one side was lengthened by 20 feet and the other side was shortened by 6 f

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Question 769893: barbie & ken planned to build a square house with area x2 square feet. then they revised the plan so that one side was lengthened by 20 feet and the other side was shortened by 6 feet. find the trinomial that can be used to represent the area of the revised house.
Answer by alittletooconfused(7) About Me  (Show Source):
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original plan = x2
revised plan = (x+20)(x-6)
f=x2
o=-6x
i=20x
l=-120
x2-6x+20x-120
x2+14x-120