A winch on a sailboat is 9in in diameter and is used to pull in the "sheets" (ropes used to control the corners of a sail). To the nearest degree, how far should the winch be turned to pull in 2ft of rope?

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?