Answer:
The area of the piece of construction paper is 
Step-by-step explanation:
Length of construction paper =
=
Width of construction paper = 
= 
Area of construction paper =
Area of construction paper = 
= 
Hence the area of the piece of construction paper is 
Your answer is correct...
, so

Then distributing
to both terms on the right gives

Do it on a scientific calculator
The value of x=8 because that symbol between the 2 two's is cubed so that means 2x2x2=8
Just to look unnecessarily neat
2
x
2 Because when the the symbol "cubed" is involved it will be
x multiplied 2x over itself as you would do to find the area of
2 A cube
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8