Joshua unfolded a cardboard box. The figure of the unfolded box is shown below: A long rectangle divided along the length into 4 equal squares is shown. Along the upper edge length of the second square is shown another square, and along the lower edge length of the fourth square is shown another square. The first square from the left has two adjacent sides labeled as 3 inches each.

Which calculation will give the total surface area of the cardboard, in square inches, that was used to make the box

a reflection across the x-axis , followed by the by a reflection across the y-axis , and then a scale dilation of 0.5 .

the simplified form is

step-by-step explanation:

we want to simplify the expression,

let us change the middle bar to a normal division sign to obtain,

we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction to obtain,

we factor to obtain,

we cancel the common factors to get,

we simplify to get,

the correct answer is b

definitely a. the others have almost all data points on one side of the line.

step-by-step explanation: