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Question 1017404: emily wants to enclose a small garden next to her house. she plans to use a total of 24 feet of fencing for 3 sides of the rectangular garden and the house as the fourth side. if "x" represents the length of the sides perpendicular to the house,write an expression to describes the area of the garden in terms of "x"?
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emily wants to enclose a small garden next to her house. she plans to use a total of 24 feet of fencing for 3 sides of the rectangular garden and the house as the fourth side. if "x" represents the length of the sides perpendicular to the house,write an expression to describes the area of the garden in terms of "x"?
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The other dimension is 24 - 2x
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Area = the product of the 2 dimensions.
Area = x*(24-2x)
Area = -2x^2 + 24x