Because the lid of a marker is wider than the marker itself, a set of markers can be packaged in a container that is in the shape of a trapezoid instead of a rectangle. A trapezoid has a base of 12 inches, height of 10 inches, and top side length of 10 inches. A rectangle has a base of 12 inches and height of 10 inches.

What is the difference in area between the two packages?

Aline parallel to a triangle's side splits ab into lengths of x - 5 and x + 2. the other side, ac, is split into lengths of x and x + 12. what is the length of ac? a) 12 b) 24 c) 36 d)

Aclass consists of 55% boys and 45% girls. it is observed that 25% of the class are boys and scored an a on the test, and 35% of the class are girls and scored an a on the test. if a student is chosen at random and is found to be a girl, the probability that the student scored an ais

Imogene invested $8,000 in a bank account that pays 8 percent simple interest at the end of each year. her friend invested the same amount in stocks where the growth of the investment is represented as 2,000 times the square root of 2 less than the time lapsed in years. if y1 and y2 represent the amount earned in dollars and t is the time lapsed in years, which system of equations correctly represents the situation?