Question

Given that the width is 4.5 units and the length can be represented by x + 3, which answer choice shows the correct expression of the area below?
Please just explain step by step how you got the answer.
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

the area of a rectangle is

length × width

that is in our case

(x + 3) × 4.5 = 4.5x + 4.5 × 3 = 4.5x + 13.5

remember, when multiplying 2 expressions, you multiply every term of one expression by every term of the other expression and then you add all these individual results up by considering the signs, of course.