Due to ever-changing technology, a new xyz smartphone decreases in value 20% each year. (a) how much will this $1000 phone be worth in 2 years? (b) how long until it is worth less than 10% of it's original price?

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?