Part A
A local volunteer group plans to build a community garden. The outline below represents the proposed shape of the garden
x-2 ft
6x + 8 ft
Write an expression for the area of this proposed garden. Show the reasoning you used to find the expression.
Part B:
The volunteer group has plans to double the area of the garden in a few years. They have come up with two plans to complete this. The first plan increases the length of the base of the garden by b feet, as shown in the diagram
below.
bft
x-2 ft
6x + 8 ft
Write an expression in terms of x to represent the value of b. Explain the reasoning you used to find the value of b
Part C
The volunteer group's second plan to double the area changes the shape of the garden to a larger rectangle, as shown in the diagram below