SOLUTION: Essay: Show all work. A gardener wants to create a rectangular garden with length of 2x - 3y ft. and width of x + 4y ft. What is an algebraic expression for the area of the gard

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Question 540984: Essay: Show all work. A gardener wants to create a rectangular garden with length of 2x - 3y ft. and width of x + 4y ft. What is an algebraic expression for the area of the garden? Be sure to multiply this out, express in simplest correct mathematical form, and include units.
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(2x-3y)(x+4y)
2x^2+8xy-3xy-12y^2
2x^2+5xy-12y^2 = Area ft^2