The student government club makes a poster for a school dance. The dimensions shown are in inches. Different club members think
about the total area of the poster in different ways.
a. Brett thinks of the area of the poster as the product of the total
length and the total width. Complete Brett's expression.
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b. Cai thinks of the area of the poster as the sum of the areas of the
three separate sections. Write an expression that represents Cai's
way of thinking. What does Cai's expression let you see about the
layout that Brett's expression does not?