A rectangular piece of metal is 9 in. longer than it is wide. Squares with sides 3 in. long are cut from the four corners, and the flaps are folded upward to form an open box. Which equation indicates that the volume of the box is 80 in. cubed?

Acollege is selling tickets for a winter fund-raiser. one day, krissa sold 14 adult tickets and 8 student tickets for a total of $376. the next day, she sold 7 adult tickets and 11 student tickets for a total of $272. krissa wanted to find the price of one adult ticket, a, and the price of one student ticket, s. she wrote and solved the following system of equations.