Solve:
2(4x + 4) = 24
X=

PLEASE HELP

x=2

Step-by-step explanation

The First step is to distribute the '2" into the parenthesis.

thus, you have 8x + 8 = 24

now we need to get x by itself so we will subtract 8 from both sides to get 8x by itself.

we know have 8x = 16

now divide by 8 to get x

x=2

area of part 1:

a1=base*height/2=(8+2)*(8-2-2-1)/2=10*3/2=15 ft^2

area of part 2:

a2=length*width=(8+2)*1=10 ft2

area of part 3:

a3=length*width=8*2=16 ft2

total shaded area : a1+a2+a3=41 ft2

total area of the reactangle : a=16*8=128 ft2

total area of the nonshaded region : 128-41=87 ft2