The area of a rectangle can be found through the formula [tex]A=lw[/tex], where l is the length and w is the height. In this situation, the answer can be found by multiplying the length and width provided:
[tex](x^2-2)*(2x-x+2)[/tex]
The distributive property must be applied here:
[tex](x^2-2)*(2x-x+2) \\
2x^3-x^3+2x^2-4x+2x-4[/tex]
Now simplify by combining like terms:
The area is
[tex]
x^3+2x^2-2x-4[/tex]