In a salad recipe, the ratio of carrots to cucumbers must remain constant. The table below shows some possible combinations of carrots and cucumbers. Salad Ingredients
Carrots
Cucumbers
3
9
4
12
6
18
7
21

If only whole vegetables can be used, what is the fewest number of vegetables that can be used to make this salad?
1
3
4
12

Fanny mendelssohn manages all the magazines and paperback books at a local grocery store. she prices many paperbacks to sell at $7.99. the cost to the store is $5.29. what is the markup rate on a paperback book, based on its cost?

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126 a. the attendance was never the same at both plays. b. the attendance was the same on day 5. the attendance was 231 at both plays on that day. c. the attendance was the same on day 13. the attendance was 295 at both plays on that day. d. the attendance was the same on days 5 and 13. the attendance at both plays on those days was 231 and 295 respectively.

An investment decreases in value by 30% in the first year and decreases by 40% in the second year. what is the percent decrease in percentage in the investment after two years