A rectangular lawn of length (x + 5) m is (x- 2) metres wide. If the diagonal is
(X + 6) metres, find
a) the value of x
(b) the area of the lawn. (WASSCE)

An equation representing lyle’s hedge-trimming business is a = 12n - 300 where a is the amount of profit or loss in dollars and n is the number of hedges trimmed. how would the graph of lyle’s business change if the equation a = 10n - 300 represented his business? the graph would be flatter. the graph would be steeper. the graph would start closer to the origin. the graph would start lower on the y-axis.

When george started his current job, his employer told him that at the end of the first year, he would receive two vacation days. after each year worked, his number of vacation days will double up to five work weeks (25days) of payed vacation. how many vacation days will he have in 4 years

Money off coupons have been circulated to 300 households. only 2/5 of these were redeemed (used) in the local supermarket to get a free shampoo. what fraction of coupons were unused? (ps: write how you got the answer)