A wooden panel is a parallelogram with a height that measures 3x + 1 cm and a base that measures 4x - 2 cm. (View attachment) a) How muich paint will you need to paint both sides of the panel? Write your answer as a simplified polynomial.
b) If x = 7 cm, how many cm² of paint will you use?

Look, when you want to do something like put it like x^2. x2 could mean x² or x₂. so to clear confusion, know the notation. to find the product multiply the x's and you get -8x and the y's and you get 6y. since it's all being multiplied it is just -8x6y, or answer a. although the better answer is -48xy(combining -8 and 6) because you should multiply constants whenever you can.