A pedestal in a craft store is in the shape of a triangular prism. The bases are right triangles with side lengths of 5 inches, 12 inches, and 13 inches. The store owner wraps a piece of rectangular cloth around the pedestal but does not cover the identical bases of the pedestal with a cloth. The area of the cloth is 120 square inches.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation