Eli saves money each month to buy a new computer. The total amount he has saved, T, can be calculated by the equation T = 83 + 30m where m is the number of months since he started saving. What does the number 83 represent in the equation?

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?