Insurance companies collect annual payments from homeowners in exchange for paying to rebuild houses that burn down.
a) Why should one be reluctant to accept a $300 payment from one's neighbor to replace his house should it burn down during the coming year?
b) Why can an insurance company make that offer?

A)a square brown tarp has a square green patch green in the corner the side length of the tarp is (x + 8) and the side length of the patch is x what is the area of the brown part of the tarpb)a square red placemat has a gold square in the corner the side length of the gold square is (x - 2) inches with the width of the red region is 4 in what is the area of the red part of the placemat