The estimated insurance loss from a hurricane was $17.9 billion. This was $8.5 billion more than the loss from a tsunami three years later. What was the estimated insurance loss from the tsunami? Show work.

In triangle abc, the length of side ab is 12 cm, the length of side bc is 5 cm, and the length of side ca is 9 cm. find the measure of angle a using the law of cosines.

The average human heart beats 1.15 \cdot 10^51.15⋅10 5 1, point, 15, dot, 10, start superscript, 5, end superscript times per day. there are 3.65 \cdot 10^23.65⋅10 2 3, point, 65, dot, 10, start superscript, 2, end superscript days in one year. how many times does the heart beat in one year? write your answer in scientific notation, and round to one decimal place.

Graph red beads cost $1 an ounce and gold beads cost $3 an ounce. juanita wants to purchase a 12-ounce mixture of red and gold beads that she can sell for $2 an ounce. the solution of the system shows the number of beads needed for juanita to break even. x + y = 12, x + 3y = 24 how many ounces of red beads will juanita buy to break even? how many ounces of gold beads will she buy?