Find the area of a rectangular with dimensions of 9yd and 2yd

Solve with work both bert and ernie received an increase in their weekly salaries. bert's salary increased from $520 to $520. ernie's salary went from $580 to $645. find the percent of increase for each salary. what was the larger of the two percents ?

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There are 10 chicks on ginger's farm .she has 2 chicks in one outdoor pen and 5 chicks in another. the rest of the chicks are in the barn.what is the fraction of total chicks in outdoor pens?