A piece of wire of length 60 centimetres is cut into two sections. Each section is then bent into the shape of a square. FInd the smallest possible value of the sum of the areas of the two squares.

Determine whether the quadrilateral below is a parallelogram. justify/explain your answer (this means back it up! give specific information that supports your decision. writing just "yes" or "no" will result in no credit.)

14. (05.02 lc) what is the value of y in the solution to the following system of equations? (5 points) 2x + y = −4 5x + 3y = −6

Elizabeth claims that the fourth root of 2 can be expressed as 2^m since (2^m)^n = 2. find the values of m and n for the case where elizabeth's claim is true.