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Problem melissa is her dad build a walkway in their backyard. the walkway will be 54 feet long and 1.5 feet wide. the local hardware store sells tiles which are 1.5 by 1.5 feet and come in boxes of 12. how many boxes of tiles do they need?

Acompany that manufactures and sells guitars made changes in their product range. from the start they had 20 models. then they reduced the number of models to 15. as a result, the company enjoyed a 10% increase in turnover. - how much did the stock level change? in (%)

Lola says these two expressions have the same value. expression a expression b which explains whether lola is correct?