Diego is building a kitchen table and a coffee table. The legs of a kitchen table must be twice the height of a coffee table and there are 4 legs on each table. He writes the expression 4 (2x) + 4 (x) to model his building plans. What does 4 (x) represent?

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Maximilian Carey

10 March, 17:18

Diego is building a kitchen table and a coffee table. The legs of a kitchen table must be twice the height of a coffee table and there are 4 legs on each table. He writes the expression 4 (2x) + 4 (x) to model his building plans. What does 4 (x) represent?

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Solomon Martinez · Answer 1

We have expression:

4 (2x) + 4 (x)

Number 4 represents number of legs for each table.

x represents length of shorter legs, for a coffee table

2x reoresents length of longer legs, for a kitchen table

4 (x) represents 4 times the length of one leg for coffee table. This is the amount of material needed for all 4 legs of coffee table.