8. The number of T-shirt sales for a new online store increases by a factor of 3 each month. The function f(x) = 3x
represents the number of T-shirts sold in
month x.
a. What is f(5)?
b. When does the store sell 81 T-shirts?

Four airplanes carrying a total of 400 passengersarrive at the detroit airport. the airplanes carry, respectively,50, 80, 110, and 160 passengers. a) one of the 400 passengers is selected uniformly at random. let x denote the number of passengers that were on theairplane carrying the randomly selected passenger. find var(x)for x as given in the problemb) one of the 4 airplane drivers is also selected uniformly atrandom. let y denote the number of passengers on the chosen driver’s airplane. find var(y) for y as given in the problem

A. plot the data for the functions f(x) and g(x) on a grid and connect the points. x -2 -1 0 1 2 f(x) 1/9 1/3 1 3 9 x -2 -1 0 1 2 g(x) -4 -2 0 2 4 b. which function could be described as exponential and which as linear? explain. c. if the functions continue with the same pattern, will the function values ever be equal? if so, give estimates for the value of x that will make the function values equals. if not, explain why the function values will never be equal.

Which question is not a good survey question? a. don't you agree that the financial crisis is essentially over? 63on average, how many hours do you sleep per day? c. what is your opinion of educational funding this year? d. are you happy with the availability of electronic products in your state?