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6.
Since the area is that of a square, you know that all side lengths are the same.
Area is base times height (A = bh), but since base and height are the same for a square, you get the formula A = a².




The length of the side of a square with an area of 144 in² is
12 in.
7.
Rational number.
8.
This is a right triangle; use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing lengths of right triangles. Pythagorean Theorem: a² + b² = c², where c is the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Plug in your leg lengths:
a² + b² = c²
8² + x² = 21²
64 + x² = 441
x² = 377
x = 19.4
Answer:
$7.62 per hour
Step-by-step explanation:
Since, Heather gets a raise every 3 months, in 2 years, she will get a raise 8 times (2years = 24 months, 24 divided by 3 is 8).
Now it becomes a compound growth problem. We can use the formula shown below to solve these type of problems.

Where,
- F is the future value (what we want to find)
- P is the present rate ($6.5)
- r is the rate of growth, in decimal (2% growth means 0.02)
- t is the time frame, number of times compounding occurs (for our case we have figured it to be 8)
<u>Now plugging in all the info, we get the value of F:</u>

Thus, after 2 years, Heather's hourly rate will be $7.62
Yes, the student's theory is correct, because the survey shows that the seventh graders spend more time playing games on the weekend than the eighth graders.
Converting their ages to months:
12*12=144months + 3 months
=147 months
Now, 3 is equivalent to 147 months;
4 will be equivalent to;
4*147/3
= 196 months
= 16 years and 4 months