Jason is building a toy box for his little brother Tom. He has painted all six pieces of wood on the outside only. How much area did Jason paint if the lid has a length of 3.5 feet and a width of 3.5 feet and the toy box is 2 feet tall?

You drop a rubber ball off the roof of a 50 meter high building onto a paved parking lot. it bounces back up with every bounce, but not quite all the way back up to you. after the first bounce it bounces back only 80 percent of the distance it was dropped from. the pattern continues, meaning after every bounce it comes up to just 80 percent of the previous maximum height. so if before the first bounce the height is 50 meters, what height does the ball reach after the fifth bounce? round your answer to one decimal place and chose the correct response from the choices below:

Due to financial difficulties the owner of 4 skateboard stores is going to close 2 of his stores. based on the money earned at each store, which two stores should remain open?

Mike wants to make meatloaf. his recipe uses a total of 8 pounds of meat. if he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms.