Question

The area of a square is given by X to the second power, where ask is the length of one side. Mary’s original garden was in the shape of a square. She has decided to double the area of her garden write an expression that represents the area of Mary’s new garden evaluate the expression if the side length of Mary’s original garden was 8 feet

Answer 1

A = 2x²; 128 ft²

Explanation:

Area of original garden = x²

Let A = area of new garden. Then

A = 2x²

If x = 8 ft,

A = 2 × 8² = 2 × 64 = 128 ft²

The area of the new garden is 128 ft² .