Mr. Jones is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island that is shaped like a triangle with side lenghts of 5 miles, 6 miles, and 7 miles. He sets up camp at a spot in the interior of the island. He wants to know the combined distances from his camp to the three corners of the island. He comes up with the value 9 miles. Figure out how Mr. Jones did his computing.

Imogene invested $8,000 in a bank account that pays 8 percent simple interest at the end of each year. her friend invested the same amount in stocks where the growth of the investment is represented as 2,000 times the square root of 2 less than the time lapsed in years. if y1 and y2 represent the amount earned in dollars and t is the time lapsed in years, which system of equations correctly represents the situation?

Kendra had twice as much money as kareem. kendra later spent $8 and kareem earned $6. by then, the two had the same amount of money. how much money did each have originally?

You are shooting hoops after school and make 152 out of a total of 200. what percent of shots did you make? what percent did you miss? show proportion(s).