John has a blueprint for a square-shaped office. He decides to change the layout and so draws a new blueprint such that the width of his office increased by 15 feet. The area of his office according to the new blueprint is given by the expression below, where x is the side length, in feet, of the original square-shaped office.x^2+15xWhich statement best describes the term 15x?the area of the office according to the old blueprintthe width of the office according to the new blueprintthe area added to the office according to the new blueprintthe area of the office according to the new blueprint
Accepted Solution
A:
see the figure attached
we know that
the old blueprint is the square ABCD Area=x*x=x²----------A1=x²
the new blueprint is the rectangle AEFB Area=(x+15)*x----------> A2=x²+15*x
so
A2=A1+15*x
therefore
the answer is the term 15x is the area added to the office according to the new blueprint