When a contractor paints a square surface that has a side length of x feet, he needs to know the area of the surface in order to buy the correct amount of paint. Since the contractor
always adds 25 square feet to the area, he buys extra paint. Which function can be used to
find the total area in square feet, A(x), that the contractor will use to determine how much
paint he needs to buy

Anut store normally sells cashews for? $4.00 per pound and peanuts for? $1.50 per pound. but at the end of the month the peanuts had not sold? well, so, in order to sell 40 pounds of? peanuts, the manager decided to mix the 40 pounds of peanuts with some cashews and sell the mixture for $2.00 per pound. how many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the peanuts to ensure no change in the? profit?