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
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.