Ok......... so ignore the pay part, that is not his pay but the 8% comission inclusive of the tax
Well, for any prism, it is the lateral area + the area of two ends.
1/2 / 3 = 1/2 x 1/3 = 1/6
each person will get 1/6 lb of chocolate
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
We have the expression:

The first thing we want to do, is to have the same denominator in both equations, then we need to multiply the first term by (2/2), so the denominator becomes 4*x
We will get:

Now we can directly add the terms to get:

We can't simplify this anymore
Answer:
7
Step-by-step explanation:
First ignore the cut corner and pretend that it is just a rectangle.
The rectangle's area would be 2×4=8.
Then find out the cut corner's area.
The area of that triangle would be 1.
8-1=7 So the area of the shape is 7.