Find the area of a rectangle that has a length of 2x+3 and width of x. Some one painted an area inside the rectangle that has a length of 3 and a width of x-2. Find the area that was NOT painted.?

1 Answer
Apr 21, 2018

color(orange)("Area of NOT painted portion " = color(brown)(2x^2 + 6 = 2 * (x^2 + 3)Area of NOT painted portion =2x2+6=2(x2+3)

Explanation:

"Area of bigger rectangle " ABCD = (2x + 3) * x = 2x^2 + 3xArea of bigger rectangle ABCD=(2x+3)x=2x2+3x

"Area of painted rectangle " EFGH = 3 * (x - 2) = 3x - 6Area of painted rectangle EFGH=3(x2)=3x6

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"Area of NOT painted portion "= Area ABCD - Area EFGHArea of NOT painted portion =AreaABCDAreaEFGH

"Area of NOT painted portion " = 2x^2 + 3x - 3 * (x - 2) = 2x^2 + 6 = 2 * (x^2 + 3)Area of NOT painted portion =2x2+3x3(x2)=2x2+6=2(x2+3)