Use the Counting Principle to determine the total number of outcomes. Nick is deciding on a ring to buy his wife for Valentine's Day. He can choose gold or silver for the ring. For the stone, he can choose a diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, or amethyst.

Karianne and lucius are analyzing a linear function on a graph. karianne says that unit rate is equal to rate of change, but that slope is calculated differently. lucius says that unit rate, rate of change, and slope are calculated the same way. who is correct? explain your answer.

Saline iv fluid bags cost $64.20 for 24, 1000 ml bags from one supplier. another supplier sells 500 ml bags for $2 each. the hospital uses about 10,000, 1000 ml bags each month. nurses report that about half of the bags are more than half full when they are discarded. if you are going to use only one supplier, which would you choose and how much would you save with that choice? show calculator try it! if you buy 1000 ml bags, how many do you need to buy each month? type your answer in the space provided and click on the check answer button.

Trish receives $450 on the first of each month. josh receives $450 on the last day of each month. both trish and josh will receive payments for next four years. at a discount rate of 9.5 percent, what is the difference in the present value of these two sets of payments?