SOLUTION: i do not know how to find an area of a parallelogram. find a trinomial A(x)that represents the area of a parallelogram whose base is 3x+2 meters and whose height is 2x+3. find A(

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Question 413988: i do not know how to find an area of a parallelogram.
find a trinomial A(x)that represents the area of a parallelogram whose base is 3x+2 meters and whose height is 2x+3. find A(3). Thank you your help is appreciated.

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The area of a parallelogram is given by mulitplying the base times the height. Multiply the two binomials using FOIL. The result will be a trinomial that you can set equal to

To determine , replace in the trinomial equal to with and then do the indicated arithmetic.

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