Which answer shows the product 5.8 x 5.8 x 5.8 as an exponential expression?
A. 5.8^4
B. 5.8^3
C. 5.8 x 3
D. 3^5.8

Question 3 of 30 paul buys fruit to make smoothies. he buys 3.78 pounds of apples, 2.12 pounds of peaches, and 4.45 pounds of oranges. paul rounds each weight to the nearest tenth of a pound. about how many pounds of fruit did paul buy? (a) 10.5 pounds (b) 10.2 pounds (c) 10.4 pounds (d) 10.0 pounds 30 points

Aswimming pool has an input pump for filling the pool and an output pump for emptying the pool. the input pump can fill the pool in 3 hours, and the output pump can drain the pool in 5 hours. as you go to bed, the pool is full, but a neighbor’s kid turns on the output pump. at midnight, you awake to find the pool half empty. immediately, you turn on the input pump, but you are sleepy and forget to turn off the output pump. at what time will the pool become full?

Use addition and subtraction to simplify the following polynomials. a. add polynomials: (3 – 4x + 8x^2) + (–6 + 2x – 5x^2) step 1: rewrite the polynomials without the parentheses. step 2: write the polynomial in descending order and use parentheses around like terms. step 3: add the like terms identified in step 2 to simplify the polynomial. b. subtract polynomials: (3x – 5 – 7x^2) – (–2 + 6x^2 – 5x) step 1: rewrite the polynomials without the parentheses. remember to multiply each term in the second parentheses by –1. show your work. step 2: write the polynomial in descending order and use parentheses around like terms. step 3: add the like terms identified in step 2 to simplify the polynomial.