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A. Explain why the area of the large rectangle is 2a + 3a + 4a.

b. Explain why the area of the large rectangle is (2 + 3 + 4)a.

A. Explain why the area of the large rectangle is 2a + 3a + 4a. b. Explain why the-example-1
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A) Because we finding the area of each rectangle and added together, which equal to the area of the larger rectangle
B) Because area = width x length. That’s the reason we added all the width and multiply their length
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