Which has the greater areas rectangle that measures 7 meters by 9 meters with a side length of 8 meters how do you know?

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For the quadratic function [tex]y=(x+4)^2-1[/tex] , do the following: a) rewrite the function in the standard form, b) rewrite the function in intercept form, c) find the vertex, d) find the y-intercept, e) find the x-intercepts.

Oliver read for 450 minutes this month his goal was to read for 10% more minutes next month if all of her medicine go how many minutes will you read all during the next two months