5. a piece of plywood has a length that is 5 more than twice its width. write the expression that represents the area of the plywood.

5w^2 = A
 
You would multiply the width (w) by 5 because it's 5 times more than twice it's width. Then w (Width) would be to the power of 2 because it's 5 times more than twice its width. And this will all equal the Area (a) 

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm