Franchesca decides that, instead of gluing the photo to the top of a mat, she will buy a mat that goes over her photograph and then place the photo and mat in a frame. This type of mat has a rectangular hole in the center. The hole is exactly the size of the photo. Find the polynomial expression for the area of the mat. Explain the method.

You eat $0.85 for every cup of hot chocolate you sell. how many cups do you need to sell to earn $55.25

Javier bought a painting for $150. each year, the painting's value increases by a factor of 1.15. which expression gives the painting's value after 77 years?

Analyze the diagram. what is the composition of transformations that was applied to map wxyz to w''x''y''z''? the first transformation was a reflection across line m rotation about point a translation down and right translation up and left. the second transformation was a rotation about point a translation up translation down reflection across line m.