1. A piece of wire that is 28 inches long is cut into two pieces, each of which is then bent into the shape of a square. The larger square has side lengths that are three inches longer than the smaller square.
(a) If x is the side length of the smaller square and y is the side length of the larger square, write a system of
equations that models this scenario.
(b) Solve the system of equations and determine the lengths of the two pieces of wire.

Let us imagine that the number of automobile accidents in a certain region are related to the regional number of registered automobiles in tens of thousands (b1), alcoholic beverage sales in $10,000 (b2), and decrease in the price of gasoline in cents (b3). furthermore, imagine that the regression formula has been calculated as: y = a + b1x1 + b2x2 + b3x3 where y = the number of automobile accidents, a = 7.5, b1 = 3.5, b2 = 4.5, and b3 = 2.5 calculate the expected number of automobile accidents for a football weekend if the region has 25,000 registered vehicles, $75,000 worth of beer is sold, and a gas war causes a 10 cent drop in a gallon of gas.