<span>Proportion:
x/182 = 4/7
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x = 182(4/7)
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x = 26*4
x = 104</span>
Answer: 228 feet squared
How: To get the area of the entire field, multiply 25•36 to get 900. To find length of the area inside the path, you have to subtract 2 feet from both sides of 25, which is also 4 feet, to get 25-4=21. To find the width of the area inside the path, you have to subtract 2 feet from both sides of 36, which is also 4 feet, to get 36-4=32. You multiply 21•32 to get 672, which is the area of the field inside of the path. To find the area of the path, you subtract the total area of the field and the path together, which is 900, by 672 to get 228 feet squared.
The answer is the last one. The main goal is to get the initial velocity alone, and by solving that treat it like your solving an equation. I showed the process of how I got the answer attached. But if you want me to explain it, I am glad to do it.
For this case we have that by definition, the equation of a line in the slope-intersection form is given by:

Where:
m: It's the slope
b: It is the cut-off point with the y axis
We have the following equation:

So:
, the slope is positive

For the graph, we place the point on the coordinate axis:

We draw the line!
The graphic is attached.
ANswer:
, the slope is positive
