Answer:
15 square feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Multiply 1.5 by 3 which equals 4.5
Multiply 1.5 by 2 which equals 3
Add the above answers (4.5 plus 3)
Then multiply by 2 (7.5 times 2)
It equals 15
I hope this helps and that this is the right problem. There is no picture shown but I just did this problem for someone else so I thought I would take a shot at it :)
It can't be simplified, it is already in its lowest term
just need to multiply and axpand ?

For this case we have the following equation:

Let 
We have:

By definition, given an equation of the form 
The quadratic formula, to find the solution can be written as:

In this case we have:

Substituting in the quadratic formula we have:
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Answer:
Option B