SOLUTION: You have a rectangular vegetable garden that is 10 feet long and 12 feet wide. You enlarge the garden by increasing each side by y feet. Write the area of the larger garden in term

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Question 445416: You have a rectangular vegetable garden that is 10 feet long and 12 feet wide. You enlarge the garden by increasing each side by y feet. Write the area of the larger garden in terms of a trinomial.
Answer by poliphob3.14(115) About Me  (Show Source):
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As you know the area of rectangle is given by the formula:A=L%2AW, where L is the length and W is the width.Since the sides are increased by y feet the area is:
A=%28y%2B10%29%28y%2B12%29=y%5E2%2B22y%2B120, which is a trinomial.