Carrie and Kenny both play soccer. Kenny scored 3 times as many goals as Carrie. Together they scored 12 goals. Could Carrie have scored 2 goals? Why or why not? Yes, because 2 goals is less than the total number of goals scored. No, because 3(2) + 2 ≠ 12. Yes, because 2 goals is less than the number of goals Kenny scored. No, because 3(2) ≠ 12.

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?