How can you write general rules involving properties of exponents?

What is the ratio for the surface areas of rectangle prisims shown below given that they are similar and that the ratio of their edge lengths is 7: 3

The perimeter of a stage is 116 feet. it is 17 feet wide. how long is it?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?