Edward has four pearls – two white and two black – which he can distribute as he chooses between two identical bags. He must then choose a bag at random and pick one pearl at random from the bag he chose. If Edward distributes the pearls so as to maximize his chances of picking a black pearl, what is the probability that Edward will pick a black pearl?

The triangles are similar. what is the value of x? show your work.

Afurniture manufacturer produces chairs and sofas. each chair requires 10 yards of fabric, and each sofa requires 20 yards of fabric. the manufacturer has 300 yards of fabric available. to fulfill orders, the number of sofas must be at least twice the number of chairs. let x be the number of chairs and y the number of sofas. which inequalities are described in the problem? check all of the boxes that apply

The weights of players in a basketball league are distributed normally. the distance (d) of each player's weight (w) from the mean of 86 kilograms was computed as follows: d = |w - 86| if d is greater than 7 for approximately 5% of the players, what is the approximate standard deviation of the players' weights? a. 1.75 kilograms b. 3.5 kilograms c. 4.3 kilograms d. 7 kilograms