the 2008 year book at middleton middle school had 236 candid pictures of students. the 2007 yearbook had 214 candid pictures of students. what was the percent of change in the number of candid student pictures from 2007 to 2008 to the nearest tenth??

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?