Solution:
we have given the length of the rectangular card-
[tex]x + 5 \: cm[/tex]
and, width-
[tex]7 \: cm[/tex]
now, the area of the card will be- length×width.
so, we have-
[tex](x + 5) \times 7 \: cm^{2} \\ 7x + 35 \: cm^{2} [/tex]
we also have given the length of ribbon-
[tex]7 \: cm[/tex]
and, width-
[tex]y \: cm[/tex]
so, area of the ribbon is-
length×width
[tex]7 \times y \: cm^{2} \\ 7y \: cm^{2} [/tex]
now the area of shaded gray region will be-
[tex]7x + 35 - 7y[/tex]
Hence, the required expression would the above expression.