Does exponents help us write repeated addition or multiplication? Explain

In triangle abc segment de is parallel to the side ac . (the endpoints of segment de lie on the sides ab and bc respectively). find de, if ac=20cm, ab=17cm, and bd=11.9cm;

Identify the converse of the following conditional: if a point is in the first quadrant, then its coordinates are positive. if the coordinates of a point are not positive, then the point is not in the first quadrant. if the coordinates of a point are positive, then the point is in the first quadrant. if a point is in the first quadrant, then its coordinates are positive. if a point is not in the first quadrant, then the coordinates of the point are not positive.

What is the percentile for data value 6 in the following data set? 4 13 8 6 4 4 13 6 4 13 2 13 15 5 9 4 12 8 6 13 40 25 35 62