Joan wants to buy a rug for a room that is 11 feet by 16 feet. she wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. she can afford 66 square feet of carpeting. what dimensions should the rug have?

The classrooms are trying to raise $1,200.00 for charity. mrs. leblanc's class has raised 50%. mr. patel's class has raised $235.14 ms. warner's class has raised 1/3 as much as mrs. leblanc's class. how much more money is needed to reach the goal of $1,200.00?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

Acircus act has 3 times as many elephants as acrobats. jorge noticed that all together there were 56 legs in the circus ring. how many elephants were in the show?