Which expression is equivalent to 8x − 2x + 4 and why

Abag contains 3 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. one marble is picked, then another marble. assume that the selections are made with replacement. a) find the probability of picking two red marbles with replacement. b) find the probability of picking a red marble and a blue marble. assume the selections are made without replacement. c) find the probability of picking two red marbles without replacement. d) find the probability of picking a red marble and a blue marble without replacement.

Aprisoner is trapped in a cell containing three doors. the first door leads to a tunnel that returns him to his cell after two days of travel. the second leads to a tunnel that returns him to his cell after three days of travel. the third door leads immediately to freedom. (a) assuming that the prisoner will always select doors 1, 2 and 3 with probabili- ties 0.5,0.3,0.2 (respectively), what is the expected number of days until he reaches freedom? (b) assuming that the prisoner is always equally likely to choose among those doors that he has not used, what is the expected number of days until he reaches freedom? (in this version, if the prisoner initially tries door 1, for example, then when he returns to the cell, he will now select only from doors 2 and 3.) (c) for parts (a) and (b), find the variance of the number of days until the prisoner reaches freedom. hint for part (b): define ni to be the number of additional days the prisoner spends after initially choosing door i and returning to his cell.

Grandpa ernie is shrinking! over the past 4 years his height decreased by a total of 2.4 cm. it decreased by the same amount each year. what was the change in grandpa ernie's height each year