Three shapes that have an area of 36centimeters

An episode of a television show is 60 minutes long when it originally airs with commercials. on a dvd without commercials, the episode is only 417 minutes long. how many1-minute commercials did the episode include when it originally aired? write and solve an equation to justify your answer.

Elizabeth claims that the fourth root of 2 can be expressed as 2^m since (2^m)^n = 2. find the values of m and n for the case where elizabeth's claim is true.

George is putting trim around his rectangular deck, including the gate. he will need 44 feet of trim to do the entire deck. if the deck is 13 feet long, how wide is the deck?