216 is u subtracted from 142

Aheated piece of metal cools according to the function c(x) = (.5)x ? 7, where x is measured in hours. a device is added that aids in cooling according to the function h(x) = ? x ? 2. what will be the temperature of the metal after two hours?

Ametal rod is 2/5 meters long. it will be cut into pieces that are each 1/30 meters long. how many pieces will be made from the rod?

Patty made a name tag in the shape of a parallelogram. reilly made a rectangular name tag with the same base and height. explain how the areas of the name tags compare.