A company makes rectangular solid wood blocks with square bases. The height of a block is always 13 1 3 of the base's length. If the area of each base is x2 x 2 square inches, which expression represents the surface area, in square inches, of the solid wood block?

Aroulette wheel has 38 slots in which the ball can land. two of the slots are green, 18 are red, and 18 are black. the ball is equally likely to land in any slot. the roulette wheel is going to be spun twice, and the outcomes of the two spins are independent.the probability that it lands one time on red and another time on black in any order is(a) 0.5 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.4488 (d) 0.2244