Question

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Answer 1

What is the area of each one of those shapes?

Answer 2

5

Answer 3

OK, let's back up.

what is an ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION for the area of the shape:
(use the variable)

Answer 4

5*5

Answer 5

Forget the 5. That's part #2 of the problem. There is no 5 involved here.

You are to write a MONOMIAL - that's a single term involving variables, powers and coefficients.

Look at the picture. What's an EXPRESSION that gives the area of the shape?

It will involve c. It will NOT involve 5.

Answer 6

c*c

Answer 7

ok, good... but you can write that with an exponent, right?

so the area of ONE of the shapes = \(\Large c^2\)

Answer 8

Then, if that's the area of ONE of them, then what is the combined area of the TWO of them?

Answer 9

ok be c^2*c^2

Answer 10

it be c^4

Answer 11

Noooo..... that would be the PRODUCT of the areas. That doesn't give you the total.

If I said, "the square footage of this room is 100 sq. ft, and the square footage of this other room is 150 sq ft", how would you find the TOTAL square footage of BOTH rooms combined?

Answer 12

would you multiply them?? or do something else?

Answer 13

multiply them

Answer 14

You would multiply, 100x150, to get the total sq area of the 2 rooms?