Students in a summer art class paint a rectangular mural. The shorter side of the mural measures 5 yards. The longer side measures 3 yards longer than the shorter side. How many square yards is the mural's area? and how do you get the answer

Answer 1

First, we need to find the length of the longer side of the mural.

Since the longer side is 3 yards longer than the shorter side, we can add 3 to the length of the shorter side:
5 yards + 3 yards = 8 yards

Now that we have the lengths of both sides, we can find the area of the mural by multiplying the lengths of the sides together:
5 yards * 8 yards = 40 square yards

Therefore, the area of the mural is 40 square yards.