Find the area of the rectangle shown.
914
323
323
914
The solution is

Sara needs to take a taxi to get to the movies the taxi charges $4.00 for the first mile and then $2.75 for each mile after that if the total charge is $20.50 then how far was sara’s taxi ride to the movie

Each of the walls of a room with square dimensions has been built with two pieces of sheetrock, a smaller one and a larger one. the length of all the smaller ones is the same and is stored in the variable small. similarly, the length of all the larger ones is the same and is stored in the variable large. write a single expression whose value is the total area of this room. do not use any method invocations.

How do you use the elimination method for this question? explain, because i really want to understand!