The resistance, r of a wire varies directly as the length, l, and inversely as the diameter, d, squared. if r is 1.50ohms when l=2.0 m and d=1.5 mm, what is the resistance of a wire made of the same material that is 8.0 m long and has a diameter of 3.0 mm?

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?