Question

Jose is building a rectangular shaped garden and needs to know how many square feet it will cover. The dimensions of the garden will be 8 feet in length and (3n+2) in width. What is the area of the garden space?

A) 24n+16
B) 11n+10
C) 40n

Thank you!!!​ ​

Answer 1

The equation for the area of a rectangle is length*width. For this problem, it says the length is 8 and the width is (3n+2). All you have to do is multiply 8 by (3n+2).

8(3n+2)=A

24n+16=A

Option A is correct