How does abigail take the focus off of her when hale is questioning her? why do you think she does this?

a. multiply the slope by the y-coordinate and subtract the result from the x-coordinate.
b. substitute the slope and the coordinates of point r in y=mx+b and then solve for b for each equation.
c. multiply the slope by the x-coordinate and add the y-coordinate to the product.
d. solve the proportion mb=yx for b.

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?