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House plans: Barbie and Ken planned to build a square

house that was x feet on each side. Then they revised the
plan so that one side was lengthened by 20 feet and the
other side was shortened by 6 feet, as shown in the
accompanying figure. Find a polynomial function A(x)
that gives the area of the revised house in square feet.

User Hyunjung
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation: The area of a rectangle is just A=l*w

A=(x+20)(x-6)

A=x%5E2%2B14x-120

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