Wesley needs to buy dog food. The first pound of dog food costs $8 and each additional pound costs $3. The cost of the dog food is given by the linear function f(x) = 3x + 5. Which explicit rule is equivalent to this linear function?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

Someone answer asap for ! max recorded the heights of 500 male humans. he found that the heights were normally distributed around a mean of 177 centimeters. which statements about max’s data must be true? a. the median of max’s data is 250 b. more than half of the data points max recorded were 177 centimeters. c. a data point chosen at random is as likely to be above the mean as it is to be below the mean. d. every height within three standard deviations of the mean is equally likely to be chosen if a data point is selected at random.

You buy five cds at a sale for $5.95 each. write an expression for the total cost of the cds. then use the distributive property and mental math to evaluate the expression.