Blake is going to invest in an account paying an interest rate of 3% compounded annually. How much would Blake need to invest, to the nearest ten dollars, for the value of the account to reach $83,000 in 16 years?

The sum of the first eight terms of an arithmetic progression is 9m + 14. the fifth term of the06 progression is 2m - 6, where m is a constant. given that the first term of the progression is 26,find the value of the common difference, d and thevalue of m.

Which equation represents a direct linear variationa. y=x2b. y=2/5xc. y=1/xd. y=x+3

Anew test for ra is being developed. the test is administered to 750 patients with ra and 750 without ra. for the sake of the question, assume the prevalence of ra in this population is 50%. of the 750 patients with ra, 575 have a positive result. of the 750 patients without ra, 150 have a positive result. what is the positive predictive value of the new test? a575/(575+150) b. 600/(600+ 150) c. 575/(575+125) d. 600/(600+ 125)