Question

Jennifer has carpet in her square bedroom. She decides to also purchase carpet for her living room which is rectangular in shape and 9 feet longer than her bedroom.
The area of the carpet required in the living room is given by the quadratic expression below, where x represents the side length, in feet, of the carpet in the bedroom.

X^2 + 9X

Match each part of the expression with what is represents.

Answer 1

Answer/Step-by-step explanation:

Let's highlight the dimensions of the bedroom and living room using the information given in the question:

==>Squared Bedroom dimensions:

Side length = w = x ft

Area = x*x = x²

==>Rectangular living room dimensions:

width = side length of the squared bedroom = x

length = (x + 9) ft

Area = L*W = x*(x+9) = x² + 9x

Now let's match each given expression with what they represent:

==>"the monomial, x, a factor of the expression x² + 9x" represents "the width of the carpet in the living room"

As we have shown in the dimensions of the squared bedroom above.

==>"the binomial, (x + 9), a factor of the expression x² + 9x" represents "the length of the carpet in the living room" as shown above in the dimensions for living room

==>"the second-degree term of the expression x² + 9x" represents "the area of the carpet in the bedroom"

i.e. the 2nd-degree term in the expression is x², which represents the area of the carpet of the given bedroom.

==>"the first-degree term of the expression x2 + 9x" represents "the increase in the area of carpet needed for the living room".

i.e. 1st-degree term in the expression is 9x. And it represents the increase in the area of the carpet for the living room. Area of bedroom is x². Area of carpet needed for living room increased by 9x. Thus, area of carpet needed for living room = x² + 9x