The house has a form of a rectangle with one side two and a half times as long as the other side. a)construct the expression for the area of the rectangle in terms of x, where x denotes a shorter side of the rectangle. b)calculate the area if x=32 feet, where x denotes a shorter side of the rectangle.

A. (x*2.5)*x

B. (32*2.5)*32=2560

Step-by-step explanation:

y = 0.77(x)

step-by-step explanation:

the jacket retains this value after 23% cut or retains 77% of original value. plug original 87 jacket price for x and the remaining value should be y.

b) 1/3 * 1/5

step-by-step explanation:

each smallest part is 1/15 since the written one is 1/5 and it's divided by 3 equal parts. (1/5 )/3 = 1/15 = 1/3 * 1/5