If the area of a rectangle (that currently has 40 sq. inches as its area) is increased by 50% and then is increased by 80%, what is the area of the rectangle after the two increments? ?sq. inches

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Kelly is a salesperson at a shoe store, where she must sell a pre-set number of pairs of shoes each month. at the end of each work day the number of pairs of shoes that she has left to sell that month is given by the equation s=300-15x , where s is the number of pair of shoes kelly still needs to sell and x is the number of days she has worked that month. what is the meaning of the number 300 in this equation

Madeline takes her family on a boat ride. going through york canal, she drives 6 miles in 10 minutes. later on as she crosses stover lake, she drives 30 minutes at the same average speed. which statement about the distances is true?