Suppose y varies directly with x. If y = 30 when x = 8, find y when x = 4.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation

The function p(x) = –2(x – 9)2 + 100 is used to determine the profit on t-shirts sold for x dollars. what would the profit from sales be if the price of the t-shirts were $15 apiece?

Consider the quadratic equation ax^2 +bx+5=0 , where a, b, and c are rational numbers and the quadratic has two distinct zeros. if one zero is irrational , the other zero is