+25 Bob is building a rectangular building to store equipment. He decided to make the length (4x-1) and the width (x+2). Write an expression for the area of the building?
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+118677 Hi Guest and rarinstraw1195 
Bob is building a rectangular building to store equipment. He decided to make the length (4x-1) and the width (x+2). Write an expression for the area of the building?
Think about this say the dimensions were 2 units by 3 units. Then the area would be 2*3 unites squared.
What did I do .. I multiplied the length by the breadth.
Well if that is what you ahve to do with numbers, you must do the same thing with the letters.
Area = (4x-1)*(x+2) units squared
Area = (4x-1)(x+2) units squared
You can expand this if you want or you can just leave it as it is.
+5265 2((4x-1)+(x+2))
2(4x-1)+2(x+2)
8x-2+2x+4
Your expression will be 10x+2
+118677 Hi Guest and rarinstraw1195
Bob is building a rectangular building to store equipment. He decided to make the length (4x-1) and the width (x+2). Write an expression for the area of the building?
Think about this say the dimensions were 2 units by 3 units. Then the area would be 2*3 unites squared.
What did I do .. I multiplied the length by the breadth.
Well if that is what you ahve to do with numbers, you must do the same thing with the letters.
Area = (4x-1)*(x+2) units squared
Area = (4x-1)(x+2) units squared
You can expand this if you want or you can just leave it as it is.
