Why would the law of cosines be used to solve for b in the triangle below?

Each of the walls of a room with square dimensions has been built with two pieces of sheetrock, a smaller one and a larger one. the length of all the smaller ones is the same and is stored in the variable small. similarly, the length of all the larger ones is the same and is stored in the variable large. write a single expression whose value is the total area of this room. do not use any method invocations.

Solve x+3y=6 and 4x-6y=6 by elimination . show work !

Write the expression 7x^3-28xy^2 as the product of 3 factors