Joe has a rectangular shaped garden in his back yard. The width of the garden measures 2x - 4units and the length is 8x + 6 units. Draw a diagram of the garden and then answer the following questions. a. Express both the area and perimeter of the garden as algebraic expressions.

b. If x = 3 feet, what are the area and perimeter in feet?

c. A local landscaper charges $3.50 a square foot to fertilize the garden. Joe can fertilize the garden himself for

$1.75 a square foot. How much will Joe save by fertilizing himself?

d. To keep the deer out, Joe plans on installing a deer fence. How much will this cost him, if deer fencing is

$5.75 a linear foot and then $2.25 a linear foot to install?

The average hourly earnings for a construction worker is projected to be $24.50 in 2012. jason wants to join the construction work force after he graduates in 2012. his friend tells him that average hourly earnings for construction workers will rise by 2% from 2009 to 2012. based on the data below, assuming that the projected hourly earnings are correct, is jason’s friend’s statement accurate? construction industry - average hourly earnings, 2000-2009 a. his friend’s statement is accurate. the average hourly earnings will increase by 2%. b. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be more than 2% c. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be less than 2% d. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the average hourly earnings will decrease

Ian is in training for a national hot dog eating contest on the 4th of july. on his first day of training, he eats 4 hot dogs. each day, he plans to eat 110% of the number of hot dogs he ate the previous day. write an explicit formula that could be used to find the number of hot dogs ian will eat on any particular day.

For a science project, a high school research team conducted a survey of local air temperatures. based on the results of the survey, the found that the average temperatures were around 10 degrees higher than expected. this result was wrong. the trouble with the survey was that most of the locations were exposed to direct sunlight and located over asphalt or sand, which resulted in higher temperatures than normal. this is a classic example of an error in which phase of inferential statistics?