(1 point) You wish to pack a cardboard box inside a wooden crate. In order to have room for the packing materials, you need to leave a 0.5 \ \mbox{ft} space around the front, back, and sides of the box, and a 1 \ \mbox{ft} space around the top and bottom of the box. If the cardboard box is x feet long, (x 3) feet wide, and (x-1) feet deep, find a formula in terms of x for the amount of packing material, M, needed. M(x)

Finally, the arena decides to offer advertising space on the jerseys of the arena’s own amateur volley ball team. the arena wants the probability of being shortlisted to be 0.14. what is this as a percentage and a fraction? what is the probability of not being shortlisted? give your answer as a decimal. those shortlisted are entered into a final game of chance. there are six balls in a bag (2 blue balls, 2 green balls and 2 golden balls). to win, a company needs to take out two golden balls. the first ball is not replaced. what is the probability of any company winning advertising space on their volley ball team jerseys?