The amount of flour you need is (2\(\frac{7}{8}\) - 1\(\frac{1}{4}\)) cups. Rewrite the quantities so they share a common denominator and subtract:

(\( \frac{23}{8} \) - \( \frac{10}{8} \)) cups
\( \frac{13}{8} \) cups
1\(\frac{5}{8}\) cups

In order to find how many additional workers are needed to staff the extra crews you first need to calculate how many workers are on a crew. There are 16 workers at the company now and that's enough to staff 4 crews so there are \( \frac{16}{4} \) = 4 workers on a crew. 7 crews are needed for the busy season which, at 4 workers per crew, means that the roofing company will need 7 x 4 = 28 total workers to staff the crews during the busy season. The company already employs 16 workers so they need to add 28 - 16 = 12 new staff for the busy season.

There are 2 3-passenger taxis available so that's 2 x 3 = 6 total seats. There are 10 people needing transportation leaving 10 - 6 = 4 who will have to find other transportation.

The area of a rectangle is width (w) x height (h). In this problem we know that the rectangle is twice as long as it is wide so h = 2w. The perimeter of a rectangle is 2w + 2h and we know that the perimeter of this rectangle is 12 meters so the equation becomes: 2w + 2h = 12.

Putting these two equations together and solving for width (w):

2w + 2h = 12
w + h = \( \frac{12}{2} \)
w + h = 6
w = 6 - h

From the question we know that h = 2w so substituting 2w for h gives us:

w = 6 - 2w
3w = 6
w = \( \frac{6}{3} \)
w = 2

Since h = 2w that makes h = (2 x 2) = 4 and the area = h x w = 2 x 4 = 8 m²

A factorial has the form n! and is the product of the integer (n) and all the positive integers below it. For example, 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120.