A carpenter draws a plan for the top of a table he is building. The width of the table top is 20 inches and the length is double

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the width. He wants to know how the area of the table top will be affected if the length is increased by x inches.

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quester [9] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-22T01:31:02+03:00

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W = 20
l = 2w = 40 
if l is increased by x, w is increased by 1/2x 
A = l x w = (40 + x)(20 + 1/2x) = 1/2(40 + x)(40 + x) 
A = (40+x)²/2