A rectangle has a length of 6x+3 units and a width of 8 units.
Write a simplified expression for the area, in square units, of this rectangle.
So, my answer was 9x+8
please tell me is this correct...
Thank you
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply its length by its width. In this case, the length of the rectangle is 6x+3 units and the width is 8 units. So, the expression for the area can be written as (6x+3) * 8.
To simplify this expression, you can distribute the 8 to each term inside the parentheses:
(6x+3) * 8 = 8 * 6x + 8 * 3
Simplifying further, we get:
48x + 24
Therefore, the simplified expression for the area of the rectangle is 48x + 24 square units.
So, your answer of 9x + 8 is not correct. The correct simplified expression for the area is 48x + 24.
huh?
isn't area = length x width ?
so area = 8(6x+3)
= 48x + 24
Trying to figure out how you could possibly come up with 9x+8
Not even close. The area is length * width, or
8(6x+3) = 48x+24
6x+3 is not 9x. Even if it were, 9x+8 would be half of the perimeter, not the area.