CPM Homework Help : INT1 Problem A-7

Write a simplified algebraic expression for the tile collection below. (The names of the algebra tiles can be found in problem A-1.)

Your teacher will provide a model.

Hint:

To solve this problem, you will need to group the tiles by their areas.
How many $x$ -tiles are there? $x^{2}$ -tiles?

Answer:

$6\textit{x}^2+4\textit{x}+3\textit{xy}+6\textit{y}+\textit{y}^2$

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