A backyard is 40.5 feet long and 25 feet wide. In order to install a pool, the yard needs to be reduced by a scale of One-third. What is the area of the reduced yard? feet2

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?

X= 3y - 6 2x - 4y = 8 solve the system of equations using substitution. a) (-12,-2) b) (15,7) c) (21,9) d) (24,10)

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