Question

Express the area of the entire rectangle.

Your answer should be a polynomial in standard form.
2+X•X+4

Answer 1

The area in standard polynomial form is x^2 + 6x + 8.

Explanation:

Assume that your 2+X•X+4 is actually (2 + x)*(x + 4). Must use parentheses here to obtain the proper multiplicative result.

Using the distributive property of multiplication, we get

2x + 8 + x^2 + 4x, which simplifies to x^2 + 6x + 8. This is the desired polynomial in standard form.