A school designer wants to create a whiteboard with the optimal dimensions to enhance learning. It is determined that if one side of the whiteboard is x + 5y inches, the other side should be inches. Write an algebraic expression for the area of such a whiteboard, simplify it, and include correct units with your solution.

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A school designer wants to create a whiteboard with the optimal dimensions to enhance learning. It is determined that if one side of the whiteboard is x + 5y inches, the other side should be inches. Write an algebraic expression for the area of such a whiteboard, simplify it, and include correct units with your solution. 

HELP PLEASE

schrodinger · Answer

Uh, are you missing something in the "the other side should be ___ inches" section? This makes no sense if something is just absent from the text.

anonymous · Answer

A school designer wants to create a whiteboard with the optimal dimensions to enhance learning. It is determined that if one side of the whiteboard is x + 5y inches, the other side should be inches. Write an algebraic expression for the area of such a whiteboard, simplify it, and include correct units with your solution.

anonymous · Answer

x^2-5xy-4y^2

schrodinger · Answer

That's what's between "the other side should be ___ inches"?

anonymous · Answer

yes