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An art club is choosing the site for a school mural. One wall is 5 feet wide and 10 feet tall. The other wall is in a hallway above a bookcase. It is 12 feet wide and 4 1 2 feet tall. What expression can you write and evaluate to help the art club choose the wall with the greater area? Complete the explanation.

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Answer: it is 50 and 54

Explanation:

the 41/2 wall has the greater area

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