A parallelogram has a base of 12 inches long and a hieght that can be represented by the expression (×+3)inches. What expression could represent the area of the parallelogram

Question

A question about math what do I do to find the ancwer

A.x+36

B.12x+3

C.12x+15

D.12x+36

Answer 1

This is a distributive property question. Since this is a parallelogram, it's simply base x height (bxh). Since the base is 12 inches and the height is (x+3), your expression is set up like this:

12 (x+3).

Now you distribute by multiplying 12 * "x" (using quotes so you're not confused with it meaning "times") and multiplying 12 * 3. So you get 12x for the first part and 12*3 for the other equals 36.

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