You deck has an area of 128 square feet. After adding a section, the are will be s by the power of 2+128 square feet. Draw a diagram of how this can happen. Please help.
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You are adding s^2 to your 128 ft^2. s^2 is a common representation of a square. So you could think of it as adding an area of a square of side "s" to your deck.
So one way of drawing it is to draw a rectangle with area 128 ft^2 and attaching a square to one of its side. The square that is attached has a side lenght of "s."