The Bains' house has a deck next to the living room. What is the total combined area of the
living room and deck?
1. The deck and living room combine to form a rectangle
What is the rectangle's width?

2. Write an expression to represent the
combined length of the rectangle.
3. Write an expression to represent the combined area of the living
room and deck.

4. Use the Distributive Property to expand the product and then
simplify. What expression represents the total combined area of
the living room and deck?