Students in a middle school must choose to take either band or chorus. in a given academic year, 60% of the pupils choose band and the rest choose chorus. 30% of the students who are taking band are girls, and 70% who are taking chorus are girls. if a student is randomly selected from this academic year, what is the probability that it is a boy? a) 0.46 b) 0.49 c) 0.50 d) 0.54

Colin listed his assets and liabilities on a personal balance sheet. colin’s balance sheet (august 2013) assets liabilities cash $1,500 credit card $500 stocks $800 rent $800 car $5,000 car loan $1,200 coin collection $1,200 student loan $5,000 total total which statement is true about the total assets and the total liabilities? the total of the assets and the liabilities are the same. the total of the assets is greater than the total of the liabilities. the total of the assets is less than the total of the liabilities. the total of the assets cannot be compared to the total of the liabilities.

Elizabeth claims that the fourth root of 2 can be expressed as 2^m since (2^m)^n = 2. find the values of m and n for the case where elizabeth's claim is true.

Atorch and a battery cost 2.50 altogether. the torch costs 1.50 more than the battery. what fraction of the total price is the torch? give your answer in its simplest form.