1. Mrs. Rutherford planted flowers in a rectangular garden. The width of the garden is (X-5) feet and the length of the garden is 2 feet longer than the width. Write an expression for the area of the garden

area = 2 + (x-5) * (x-5)

Step-by-step explanation:

area of a rectangle= length * width

length = 2 + (x-5)

width = x-5

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents