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The width of the sand volleyball court can be represented by $\"\"$ and its length can be represented by $\"\"$ .

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The area of the court is $\"\"$ .

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Rewrite as the sum of two products.

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Apply distributive property: $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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Combine like terms.

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$\"\"$ . $\"\"$

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The length of the court is $\"\"$ , but length is $\"\"$ .

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There fore $\"\"$ .

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Subtract 4 from each side.

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Divide each side by 3.

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$\"\"$

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The value of $\"\"$ substitute in $\"\"$ .

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$\"\"$

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$\"\"$

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$\"\"$ . $\"\"$

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(a) The area of the court is $\"\"$ and

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(b) The area of the court is $\"\"$ .