Felix bought a new pair of pants for $27.98. If the sales tax is 6%, how much did he spend in total?

In factoring by grouping, what would you have for step 3 for the following? step 1: x^3 +5x^2 +4x+20 step 2: x^2 (x+5)+4(x+5) step 3: ?

3× __ -2=15 7 2× __+1=7 5 7× =22 15 5× __+10=2 8 × __+4=20 6 × =10 3 × __+2=8 6 × __+8=8 9 × __+7=20 6

Apark is in the shape of a rectangle. the park authorities are planning to build a 2-meter-wide jogging path in the park (shown as the shaded region in the image). what is the area of the jogging path? plz