The figure above shows the lengths of thesides of a rectangle in cm. find the valuesof x and y and then the area of the rectangle. sides: top= 3x - yleft= 3y + 4bottom= 2x + yright= 2x - 3 use both methods, elimination and substitution, if possible.
Abox contains 1 plain pencil and 4 pens. a second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. one item from each box is chosen at random. what is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.