Model 3: Another plan to secure the roller coaster involves placing two concrete struts on either side of the center of the leg of the roller coaster to add reinforcement against southerly winds in the region. Again, using the center of the half-circle as the origin, the struts are modeled by the equations and . A vertical reinforcement beam will extend from one strut to the other when the two cables are 2 feet apart. 8. Algebraically determine the x -value of where the beam should be placed. (15 points) 9. Explain where to place the beam. (10 points)

After two years, how much has been paid into interest?

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates. so ivan ilyich got married. conforming to social conventions criticism of a middle class lifestyle the destructive impact of loneliness struggling to face reality the necessity of companionship

If myesha works overtime, she gets paid "time and a half" for every hour she works. in other words, for every hour over 40 hours myesha works each week, she gets her hourly pay plus half her hourly pay. what is myesha's pay per hour when she works overtime?