1-A landscaper, who just completed a rectangular flower garden measuring10feet in length by 8 feet in width, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a border of uniform width around the garden

1-A landscaper, who just completed a rectangular flower garden measuring10feet in length by 8 feet in width, orders 1 cubic yard of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to create a border of uniform width around the garden. If the border is to have a depth of 3inches, how wide will the border be?(1 cubic yard=27 cubic feet)

The width of the border is .........feet

2-Complete the square in the expression. Then factor the perfect square trinomial.

x2+2x

Complete the square.

Do not factor

3-Express the fact that x differs from -2 by more than 4as an inequality involving an absolute value. Solve for x.

Write the inequality expressing the given facts.