Solve the problem.A rectangular garden has dimensions of 17 feet by 12 feet. A gravel path of equal width is to be built around the garden. How wide can the path be if there is enough gravel for 210 square feet?
A. 5.5 ft
B. 4 ft
C. 3 ft
D. 5 ft
Answer: C
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Graph the function.f(x) = log3(x + 4)
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Write the rate as a unit rate.In a region, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in a recent year was 455,057. At the same time, there were 24,432 public school teachers. Write a unit rate in students per teacher. Round to the nearest whole student.
A. 20 students/teacher B. 21 students/teacher C. 18 students/teacher D. 19 students/teacher
Solve the problem.Anne and Carol can paint a room in 15 hours working together. Anne takes 4 hours longer to paint the room working alone than it takes Carol working alone. How long does it take Carol to paint the room by herself?
A. 28 hr
B. 13 + 
hr
C. 17 + 
hr
D. 32 hr
Solve the problem.The temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) of a dead body that has been cooling in a room set at 70° is measured as 88°. One hour later, the body temperature is 87.5°. How long (to the nearest hour) before the first measurement was the time of death, assuming that the body temperature of the deceased at the time of death was 98.6°. Assume the cooling follows Newton's Law of Cooling: U = T + (Uo - T)ekt.
What will be an ideal response?