How many terms are there in the expression?

For this case we have by definition, in Algebra a term is a number or a variable, or numbers and variables multiplied.

Now, we have the following expression:

According to the previous definition we have 3 terms.

3 terms

Option B

area of part 1:

a1=base*height/2=(8+2)*(8-2-2-1)/2=10*3/2=15 ft^2

area of part 2:

a2=length*width=(8+2)*1=10 ft2

area of part 3:

a3=length*width=8*2=16 ft2

total shaded area : a1+a2+a3=41 ft2

total area of the reactangle : a=16*8=128 ft2

total area of the nonshaded region : 128-41=87 ft2