Bojangles has a rectangular-shaped roof with a width of 〖6x〗^2 feet and a length 〖12x〗^3. What is the area of the roof?

Question

I am in Algebra 1 and I really don't understand this part at all.

Answer 1

Is it [(6x)]² or 6x²?

Either way, how do we find area? We multiply!

[(6x)]² ft x [(12x)]³ ft = 36x² ft x 1728x³ ft = 62,208x⁵ ft²

If it's 6x²(12x³), then it's 72x⁵ ft²

Remember when we multiply exponents with the same base, we add the exponent.

x²(x³) = x • x • x • x • x = x⁵