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Sienna planned a trapezoid-shaped garden, as shown in the drawing below. she decides to change the length of the top of the trapezoid-shaped garden from 32 ft to 24 ft. which expression finds the change in the scale factor?

Which equation is equivalent to the given expression? -(1/2y+1/4) a. -1/4(1+2y) b. 1/4(2y-1) c. -2(1/4y-1/8) d. 2(1/8-1/4y)

Change negative exponents to positive, then solve