The parent-teacher association wants to find out how much students pay for school supplies at the beginning of the school year, so it conducts a survey at certain local stores. PTA members visit these stores to find the prices of the items on the students' supply list. What is the sample in this study?

6.(q^9)^2 a. 2q^18 b. q^18 c. q^81 d. q^11 7.(6q^6)^-4 a. 6q^1296 b. 1296q^2 c. 1/1296q^24 d. 6q^-24 8. what is the value of 12x^-3 y^-1 for x = -1 and y = 5? a. -12/5 b.-10 c.-0 d.5/12 9. (y^-5)^10y^10 a. y^-60 b. y^60 c. y^-150 d. y^150 find the simplified form of each expression. 10. (4/7^5)^2 a.8/14^10 b.16/49^25 c.16/49y^10 d.8/14y^25 11. determine if the number 3.43 times 10^-6 is written in scientific notation. if not, explain. a. yes; the number is written scientific notation. b. no; the first factor is not a number between 1 and 10. c. no; it is not written as a number times a power of 10

The sum of two numbers is 86, and their difference is 20. find the two numbers

There are 15 plates and each plate is either 7 or 12 inches diameter. which systems of equations do you use to find the number of 7 inch plates, x and 12 inch plates, y