The expression 8x2 − 176x + 1,024 is used to approximate a small town's population in thousands from 1998 to 2018, where x represents the number of years since 1998. choose the equivalent expression that is most useful for finding the year where the population was at a minimum.
8(x − 11)^2 − 56
8(x − 11)^2 + 56
8(x2 − 22x + 128)
8(x2 − 22x) + 128

"you know, playing tennis is healthier than watching a tennis match on television," katya remarked to her couch potato brother. in this sentence, healthier is a/an a. superlative. b. comparative. c. positive form. d. adverb.

Miss henderson wants to build a fence around a rectangular garden in her backyard in the scale drawing the perimeter of the garden is 14 in of the actual length of a b is 20 ft how many feet of fencing what you need

(50 ) mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.