SOLUTION: Area of a parallelogram. Find the trinomial A(x) that represents the area of a parallelogram whose base is 3x +2 meters and whose height is 2x+3 meters. Find A(3). Thanks!

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Question 169101This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: Area of a parallelogram. Find the trinomial A(x) that represents the area of a parallelogram whose base is 3x +2 meters and whose height is 2x+3 meters.
Find A(3).
Thanks! This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Area: A%28x%29=%283x%2B2%29%282x%2B3%29=6x%5E2%2B9x%2B4x%2B6=6x%5E2%2B13x%2B6


So A%28x%29=6x%5E2%2B13x%2B6


Find the area when x=3

A%283%29=6%283%29%5E2%2B13%283%29%2B6=6%289%29%2B13%283%29%2B6=54%2B39%2B6=99


This means that A%283%29=99