The burke’s are having their wooden deck stained. the company doing the work charges $3.50 per square foot for staining. each square on the grid represents 1 square yard. estimate the area of the deck to the nearest square foot and calculate the cost to stain the deck.

James wants to promote his band on the internet. site a offers website hosting for $4.95 per month with a $49.95 startup fee. site b offers website hosting for $9.95 per month with no startup fee. for how many months would james need to keep the website for site a to be a better choice than site b? 1. define a variable for the situation. 2. write an inequality that represents the situation. 3.solve the inequality to find out how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b. 4. using words, describe how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b.

The volume of gas a balloon can hold varies directly as the cube of its radius. imagine a balloon with a radius of 3 inches can hold 81 cubic inches of gas. how many cubic inches of gas must be released to reduce the radius down to 2 inches?

Due to financial difficulties the owner of 4 skateboard stores is going to close 2 of his stores. based on the money earned at each store, which two stores should remain open?