Samuel and his brother were playing soccer in the basement, and one particularly strong kick punctured a hole in the wall. The hole can almost be hidden by a 4 in. by 6 in. unframed picture, so Samuel thinks it will be completely hidden by the picture after it’s framed. Samuel hasn’t purchased the frame yet. Write a polynomial to represent the total area of the picture after it is framed. With the frame, the sides are (2x + 4) and (2x + 6).

The polynomial representing the total area of the picture after it is framed is

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of the frame  can be found by using the area formula for the rectangle

we also have the sides of the framed picture

let (2x+6) be the length and (2x+4) be the width

Then area  of the framed  picture = length x breadth

On substituting the sides

Area  of the framed  picture =

Area  of the framed  picture =

Area  of the framed  picture =

the first option is the answer.