Elias’s teacher has given him a rectangle that is 15 feet by 20 feet. she has asked him to create a new rectangle using a scale factor of 8/3. elias says that will be a reduction because the scale factor is a fraction. is he correct? explain.

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Use addition and subtraction to simplify the following polynomials. a. add polynomials: (3 – 4x + 8x^2) + (–6 + 2x – 5x^2) step 1: rewrite the polynomials without the parentheses. step 2: write the polynomial in descending order and use parentheses around like terms. step 3: add the like terms identified in step 2 to simplify the polynomial. b. subtract polynomials: (3x – 5 – 7x^2) – (–2 + 6x^2 – 5x) step 1: rewrite the polynomials without the parentheses. remember to multiply each term in the second parentheses by –1. show your work. step 2: write the polynomial in descending order and use parentheses around like terms. step 3: add the like terms identified in step 2 to simplify the polynomial.

The length of a rectangle is x times the square root of 100. the width is one-half y more than three-halves x. given that the area of the rectangle is 125 cm2, which equation could represent the rectangle in terms of x and y? a) 5xy − 15x = 125 b) 5xy + 15x = 125 c) 15x2 − 5xy = 125 d) 15x2 + 5xy = 125