Wayne and winston collect old coins. winston has 8 fewer coins than wayne has. if you add 4 times the number of coins wayne has and 3 times the number of coins winston has, the sum is 375. this system of linear equations relates the number of coins wayne has (x) and the number of coins winston has (y). y = x ? 8 4x + 3y = 375 the best method to solve this system of equations is . wayne has coins, and winston has coins. reset

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?