Parker builds wooden boxes in the shape of a rectangular prism with 2 square bases. to him determine the amount of wood he needs for a particular box, he creates an expression to represent the sum of the areas of the 6 sides of the box.
if parker's expression is 2x2+4xy, where x is not equal to y, which of the following terms represents the area of both square bases of the box?
a.
4
b.
2x2
c.
4xy
d.
2x
.