Fernando is shipping a fishing rod to a customer in a rectangular box. he needs to make sure the fishing rod will fit in his box on the diagonal which measures the square root of 5 meters. if his fishing rod is 2.6 meters long, will it fit inside the box? explain how you know.

An appliance store sells a washer-dryer combination for $1800. if the washer costs $300 more than the dryer, find the cost for each appliance.

Mike wants to make meatloaf. his recipe uses a total of 8 pounds of meat. if he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms.

Add, subtract, multiply, or divide as indicated. list any restrictions for the variable(s) and simplify the answers when possible. 1) x-2 / x+5 + 3x / 2x-1 2) x+6 / x-6 - x^2 / x+6 3) x+9 / x-4 + x+2 / x^2-11x+28 4) x / x^2-64 + 11 / 2x^2+11x-40 5) 5 / x + 11 / x-3 - x-4 / x^2+2x-15