The picture shows a feeding trough that is shaped like a right prism. (Picture is shown at the bottom!!) Plz, answer these three questions. I have my answers, I just want to double check!
(a) Surface A and B are identical trapezoids. What are the lengths of the bases of the trapezoids? What is the height?
(b) Surfaces A and B will be painted blue. What is the total area that will be painted blue?
(c) The edges of the trapezoids need to be sanded. A piece of sandpaper advertises that it can sand up to 80 cm. Will one piece of sandpaper be enough to sand the edges of one trapezoid? Explain.
Brainleist to the first and correct answer!

a4 - 3a2 - 1

step-by-step explanation:

step   1   :

equation at the end of step   1   :

  ((a4) -   3a2) -   1

step   2   :

trying to factor by splitting the middle term

2.1     factoring   a4-3a2-1  

the first term is,   a4   its coefficient is   1 .

the middle term is,   -3a2   its coefficient is   -3 .

the last term, "the constant", is   -1  

rectangle: 9 1/8 x 4 1/9 = 37 37/72in

parallelogram: b times h= 10.3 x 6.2 = 63.86

trapezoid: a+b/2 times h= 42.5

volume of prism: l times w times h= 36

step-by-step explanation:

first, eliminate the parenthesis:

3

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second, group like terms:

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third, combine like terms:

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let's cover over the formula of the vertex:

y = a(x – h)^2 + k

in this formula, (h,k) are the vertex, always remember that the positive or negative value of the vertex is based on the sign it has.

for example, if the vertex is -3,-6 then both the x and y value would have the positive sign attached to it and if it were a positive x and y value, then a negative sign would be attached to it.

with that being said, for our problem the x value is a positive one so we are looking for a number with a negative sign next to it, in this case the first and second choice.

however, for the first answer choice it isn't quite part of the formula so we know that the answer choice correctly displays the x value.

to confirm, we can see if the -1 fits correctly with the second answer choice, and as mentioned above a negative number will have a positive sign attached to it. so, for our problem we can see that -1 has been changed to +1, so we can confirm that the second answer choice is correct.

hence, our final answer is y=(x - 1)^2 + 1