A square deck has a side length of x + 5. You are expanding the deck so that each side is 4 times as long as the side length of

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KonstantinChe [14]

3 years ago

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A square deck has a side length of x + 5. You are expanding the deck so that each side is 4 times as long as the side length of

the original deck. What is the area of the new deck? Show your work and write your answer in standard form.

Mathematics

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yaroslaw [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-04T23:24:37+03:00

yaroslaw [1]3 years ago

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If you are expanding the side length x+5 by a multiple of 4, your new side would look like this: 4(x+5) or, simplifying, 4x+20. The area of this new, bigger square would be found by squaring the 4x+20 to get 16x^2 + 160x + 400

Papessa [141] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-04T21:48:12+03:00

Papessa [141]3 years ago

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Length of a side = 4(x+5). the area is 16(x+5)(x+5)