What type of linear equation word problem is this? As the student council treasurer, you prepare the budget for your class rafting trip. Each large raft
costs $100 to rent and each small raft costs $40 to rent. You have $1,600 to spend. Write and
solve a linear equation to find the number of small rafts you can rent if you rent 12 large rafts.

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?