The formula for the Area of a rectangle is:A=L*Wwhere A stands for Area, L stands for length, and W stands for width.A=L*WA=(3x-2)units*(x+1)unitsA=3X^2+3X-2X-2 units*unitsA=3X^2+X-2 square unitsnote: "3X^2" stands for "three times X squared". "*" stands for "multiplied by".