Jacob has purchased a $129,000 home with a 30-year mortgage at 5.15%. he can make a monthly payment of $1000. if he were to make this
payment each month, how many months will it take him to pay off his mortgage? round you answer to a whole number.

Jonathan pays $1.90 per pound for potatoes. he buys 8.3 pounds of potatoes. he determines that he will pay $15.77, before tax, for the potatoes. which best describes the reasonableness of jonathan’s solution? jonathan’s answer is reasonable because there are two decimal places in the factors and two in the product. jonathan’s answer is unreasonable because there are three decimal places in the factors and two in the product. jonathan’s answer is reasonable because is 16, and 16 is close to 15.77. jonathan’s answer is unreasonable because is 8, and 8 is not very close to 15.77.

Quick! a survey of 57 customers was taken at a bookstore regarding the types of books purchased. the survey found that 33 customers purchased mysteries, 25 purchased science fiction, 18 purchased romance novels, 12 purchased mysteries and science fiction, 9 purchased mysteries and romance novels, 6 purchased science fiction and romance novels, and 2 purchased all three types of books. a) how many of the customers surveyed purchased only mysteries? b) how many purchased mysteries and science fiction, but not romance novels? c) how many purchased mysteries or science fiction? d) how many purchased mysteries or science fiction, but not romance novels? e) how many purchased exactly two types of books?

White shapes and black shapes are used in a game. some of the shapes are circles. while the rest are squares. the ratio of the number of white shapes to the number of black shapes is 5: 11. the ratio of the number of white cicrles to the number of white squares is 3: 7. the ratio of the number of black circles to the number of black squres is 3: 8. work out what fraction of all the shapes are circles.