Two students, raymond and shauna, are trying to get city council members to vote for a new park along the river.2/6 of the 24 council members say they already support the idea, but that's not enough. at least 13 council members must support the idea before the park is approved. how many more city council members must raymond and shauna convince?
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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?