Suppose that the price p, in dollars, and the number of sales, x, of a certain item follow the equation 6 p plus 3 x plus 2 pxequals69. Suppose also that p and x are both functions of time, measured in days. Find the rate at which x is changing when xequals3, pequals5, and StartFraction dp Over dt EndFraction equals1.5.

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?