Allie and Sam are ophthalmologists. Allie found that 40% of the 170 patients she saw in a week were near-sighted. Sam found that 25% of the 236 patients he saw in a week were near-sighted. a. How many of the patients Allie saw were near-sighted? b. How many of the patients Sam saw were near-sighted?

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Gail is making costumes for a school play. each rabbit costume needs one and one half yards of white fur fabric, a yard of blue striped fabric, and a quarter of a yard of pink felt for the ears. g? ail needs to make eight rabbit man yards will she need, for the white fur fabric, blue striped fabric, and pink felt?

Follow these steps using the algebra tiles to solve the equation −5x + (−2) = −2x + 4. 1. add 5 positive x-tiles to both sides and create zero pairs. 2. add 4 negative unit tiles to both sides and create zero pairs. 3. divide the unit tiles evenly among the x-tiles. x =