Question 450851
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The very first thing you have to do is to stop typing in all caps.  It is the equivalent of shouting and is therefore annoying and rude.


The area of a rectangle is the length times the width, so presuming you meant that *[tex \LARGE x\ +\ 5] represents the measure of the length and that *[tex \LARGE x\ +\ 3] represents the measure of the width, just multiply the two expressions.


*[tex \LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (x\ +\ 5)(x\ +\ 3)]


Use FOIL.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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