Use a balance model to represent and solve the equation 3x+3=24

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?

Which one is the correct answer, and why?

Find the equation of the ellipse with the following properties. the ellipse with foci at (0, 6) and (0, -6); y-intercepts (0, 8) and (0, -8).edit: the answer is x^2 over 28 + y^2 over 64 = 1