Please help me with this question. I need to find the surface area. please help

Factor a^3 - 3 + 3a^2 - a. a) (a - 1)(a + 1)(a + 3) b) (a^2 + 1)(a - 3) c) (a^2 - 3)(a + 1)

Problem melissa is her dad build a walkway in their backyard. the walkway will be 54 feet long and 1.5 feet wide. the local hardware store sells tiles which are 1.5 by 1.5 feet and come in boxes of 12. how many boxes of tiles do they need?

Is the product of two rational numbers irrational or rational? first, make a hypothesis by multiplying two rational numbers. then, use variables such as x=a/b and y=c/d and the closure property of integers to prove your hypothesis.