Carlos is building three gardens, each the same size, in his backyard. Each garden is in the shape of a square with a 3-foot by 3-foot section removed from each of the four corners. One garden is shown below. A square with sides lengths of 16 feet. 3 by 3 feet squares are cut out of each corner of the larger square.

What is the total area of all three gardens?
220 feet squared
256 feet squared
660 feet squared
768 feet squared

What is the reflection image of (5,-3) across the line y = -x?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size. it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

Determine the common ratio and find the next three terms of the geometric sequence. 10, 2, 0.4, a. 0.2; -0.4, -2, -10 c. 0.02; 0.08, 0.016, 0.0032 b. 0.02; -0.4, -2, -10 d. 0.2; 0.08, 0.016, 0.0032 select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d