Answer:
Li Ping's statement makes sense.
Step-by-step explanation:
The area of a square with side lengths a inches is given by,
.
Now, the area of a parallelogram with equal sides a inches, which is not a square is given by,
, where, h is the perpendicular distance between the opposite sides.
See the diagram attached.
Since a is the hypotenuse of as right triangle with height h, hence, a > h.
So, 
Therefore, Li Ping's statement makes sense. (Answer)
Alright - we want to start off by seeing if this number would be positive or negative. Debit means that you owe something, or that you have to pay that amount of money. If you had money to buy things with, that would be positive, but since debit means you haven’t paid something off yet, that is negative. Next, since you have 40 dollars in debt, you have -40 dollars.
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Shirts: 3 x 15.50 = 46.50
120 - 46.50 = 73.50 left to spend on shoes
73.50/32.50(cost per pair) = 2.26....so he was able to purchase 2 pairs of shoes.