SOLUTION: Find a trimonial that represents the area of a paralleogram whose base is 3x+2 meters and whose height is 2x+3 meters.

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Question 118537: Find a trimonial that represents the area of a paralleogram whose base is 3x+2 meters and whose height is 2x+3 meters.
Found 2 solutions by scott8148, solver91311:
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
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area=base X height ___ a=(3x+2)(2x+3)

FOILing gives a=6x^2+13x+6

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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The area of a parallelogram is given by where B is the base and H is the height.

You are given that and , so the area is .

Use FOIL to multiply the two binomial expressions to get the desired trinomial:

First:
Outside:
Inside:
Last:

Put it all together:
Collect terms:

Hope that helps,
John