Use the diagram below to answer questions 1-6. All rooms are rectangular. 1. What is the value of side A? Explain your thinking.
2. What is the value of side B? Explain your thinking. 3. What is the value of side c? Explain your thinking. 4. What is the area of the vegetable garden? Show your thinking
Step-by-step explanation: since we don't know the amount of stamps collected by Shea we call x stamps. We were told Shannah has 7 more stamps than Shea who has x. So we assume that Shannah has x+7 stamps. Therefore total stamps collected could be expressed as
Shea's stamps + Shannah's stamps or x + x+7 = 2x+7