Carmen enters a painting in an art contest. the contest rules say that all paintings must be rectangular, with an area no greater than 3,003.04 cm2. carmens painting is 16 cm wide. what is the greatest length the painting can have and still have an area within the contest rules?

A = LW

3,003.04 = 16L
3,003.04 / 16 = L
187.69 = L

so the painting can be 187.69 cm in length

Lets break this down:

“Three more” means +3. Imagine you have 2 apples, and I have 3 more than you. I have 5 apples then, right?

“Product” — the product of 2 and 1 is 2. The product of 3 and 5 is 15. So: the product is the result of multiplication. Thus, “the product of two and x” would mean we have to multiply 2 and x.

So lets combine these: “2*x+3” would be your answer, or if you want, shorten the “2*x” to just “2x”.