Two terms in a geometric sequence are a3=729 and a4=243.

What is the first term of the sequence, and what is the recursive rule that describes the sequence?

Which of the following transformations does not preserve congruence? * 5 points a. (x, y) → (y − 3, x − 3) b. (x, y) → (x + 5, y − 1) c. (x, y) → (y + 9, −x + 2) d. (x, y) → (3x + 1, 3y − 2)

Tom is the deli manager at a grocery store. he needs to schedule employee to staff the deli department for no more that 260 person-hours per week. tom has one part-time employee who works 20 person-hours per week. each full-time employee works 40 person-hours per week. write and inequality to determine n, the number of full-time employees tom may schedule, so that his employees work on more than 260 person-hours per week. graph the solution set to this inequality.

In 2009, there were 1570 bears in a wildlife refuge. in 2010, the population had increased to approximately 1884 bears. if this trend continues and the bear population is increasing exponentially, how many bears will there be in 2018?