1. A company builds wooden porches.
   
   The porches are built in rectangular
   
   shapes. How do the areas of the
   
   porches change when the lengths
   
   change?
   
   The __ stays the same.
   
   The lengths ____.
   
   The areas __ by __
   
   square feet.
   
   2. What if 2 feet were added to each width? Explain
   
   how the area of each porch would change.
   
   16.3 PROBLEM SOLVING • Area of Rectangles
   
   Geometry and Measurement—3.6.C
   
   MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES 3.1.A, 3.1.B, 3.1.E
   
   Porch Sizes
   
   Porch Length
   
   (in feet)
   
   Width
   
   (in feet)
   
   Area
   
   (in square
   
   feet)
   
   A 10 6
   
   B 15 6
   
   C 20 6
   
   D 25