Note that 6 inches is half a foot, so if its 4ft. then 1/2 of a foot goes in 8 times which means that the scale factor is 8. :)
2x + 4 = 3(x - 2) + 1
2x + 4 = 3x - 6 + 1
2x + 4 = 3x - 5
9 = x
So x = 9
Expand the right side:


Notice that 98 = 2 * 7 * 7, so we have
and
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Then

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