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The figure above shows the lengths of thesides of a rectangle in cm. find the valuesof x and y and then the area of the rectangle.sides: top= 3x - yleft= 3y + 4bottom= 2x + yright= 2x - 3 use both methods, elimination and substitution, if possible.

Lance lived in portugal and brazil for a total of 14 months to learn portuguese. he learned an average of 130 new words per month when he lived in portugal, and an average of 150 new words per month when he lived in brazil. in total he learned 1920 new words. write a system of equations to represent the situation. use x to represent portugal, and y to represent brazil

Last year, a state university received 3,560 applications from boys. of those applications, 35 percent were from boys who lived in other states. part a)how many applications did the university receive from boys who lived in other states? part b)applications to the university from boys represented 40percent of all applications. how many applications did the university receive in all? i don't how to do part b so me and plz tell how you got your answer