Ineed an expression for the area of the outer square,

The area of a square is calculated suing the formula x^2, where x is a side length of the square. This is just like length times width because a square has equal side lengths.

Take the left side and add the two lengths together because they form one side length of the square. A side length of the square is x + 4.

To find the area using the side length x + 4, you would square the side length. Your answer is (x + 4)^2.

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step-by-step explanation:

an equation by definition has to have two or more variables (x and 2 in this case)