Question

Fred is given a rectangular piece of paper. If the length of Fred’s
piece of paper is represented by 2x - 6 and the width is represented
by 3x - 5, then the paper has a total area represented by
(1) 5x - 11 (3) 10x - 22
(2) 6x^2 - 28x + 30 (4) 6x^2 - 6x - 11

Answer 1

The total area would be length times width, so that would look like, (2x-6)(3x-5)
If you multiply those out, it would equal (2) 6x²-28x+30

Answer 2

It would be length times width, so you would set it up like this: (2x-6)(3x-5).
Next, you would have to multiply them together, so it would look like this:
6x^2-10x-18x+30.
Finally, you combine like terms (-10x and -18x) to get: 6x^2-28x+30, which is (2).