Question

The shorter side of the mural is 5 yards the longer side is 3 yards longer than the shortest side how many square yards is in the mural

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Let the length of the shorter side be x yards.

The length of the longer side is x + 3 yards.

The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying the length and width. So, the area of the mural is:

Area = x * (x + 3) = x^2 + 3x

Given that the shorter side is 5 yards, we can substitute x = 5 into the equation:

Area = 5^2 + 3*5
Area = 25 + 15
Area = 40 square yards

Therefore, the mural has an area of 40 square yards.