Use the babylonian method of false position to solve the following
problem,
taken from a clay tablet found in susa: let the width of a
rectangle measure a
quarter less than the length. let 40 be the length of the diagonal.
what are
the length and width? begin with the assumption that 1 (or 60) is
the length
of the rectangle.

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

Find the area and perimeter of each composite figure. use 3.14 for π. round your answer to the nearest tenth. a square and a right triangle share a common side. image long description a 3-meter by 0.5-meter rectangle has triangles attached like wings to the 3-meter sides. the other two sides of both triangles measure 2.5 meters. the height of each triangle is 2 meters. a 6-inch by 4-inch rectangle has 2 half-circles attached like wings to the 6-inch sides. the radius of each half-circle is 3 inches. find the surface area and volume of each figure. use 3.14 for π. round your answer to the nearest tenth. a right circular cylinder has a base radius of 6 yards and a height of 20 yards. a rectangular prism has a base that is 9 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide. the height is 2 centimeters. a rectangular prism has a base that measures 11 millimeters by 11 millimeters. the height is 11 millimeters.

Arianna is buying plants for her garden. she buys 15 flowering plants for $96. pink flowering plants sell for $8, and purple flowering plants sell for $5. how many pink flowering plants did arianna buy? i figured out the answer! the answer is 7. 8x +5y = 96 plug in 7 for x 8 (7) + 5y = 96 56 + 5y = 96 subtract 56 from both sides 5y/y = 40/5 y = 8 she bought 7 pink and 8 purple plants