Question

A cake decorator is rolling a square of fondant into a rectangle. The area of the rectangle can be represented by the expression 1.5s(2s).

Simplify the expression representing the area.

3.5s
3s2
3.5s2
3s

Answer 1

To simplify the expression representing the area of the rectangle, we start with the given expression:

\[ 1.5s(2s) \]

Now, we can multiply the coefficients and the variables separately:

1. Multiply the coefficients:
\[ 1.5 \times 2 = 3.0 \]

2. Multiply the variable parts:
\[ s \times s = s^2 \]

Combining both results, we get:

\[ 3.0s^2 \]

Thus, the simplified expression for the area is:

\[ 3s^2 \]

So the answer is:

**3s²**