Question

A frame that is 2 inches wide surrounds the picture. What is the total area of the picture and the frame in square inches?

Answer 1

Since the dimensions of the picture is not given, let us let x be the side of the square picture. With the representation, the total length of the sides of the square with the picture frame is x + 2 inches. Then, the area is the square of the side. 
                         total area = (x + 2)^2