A building has a window that is 12 feet high. Stan is going to use a ladder to get up to the window and decides to keep the ladder 5 feet away from the side of the building. How long does the ladder need to be?

a 1ft long piece of wire needs to be divided into two pieces which will form the shape of a circle and a square. Determine the length of each piece so that the sum of the areas of the circle and the square is minimized

Use the table for 19-23. Write each ratio in the form __ a b and then as a decimal. Tell whether each decimal is a terminating or a repeating decimal. 19. basketball players to football players 20. hockey players to lacrosse players 21.

Are the lines the same if the right line is a translation of the left line 4 units to the right

X+y = 10 Y=-x+10 System of equations

Gail runs a taxi. Her running costs are £75 per day. She charges £1.90 per mile travelled. On Tuesday she carried passengers for a total of 35 miles. What was her total loss?

1. Solve the absolute value equation, if possible. If there is no solution, explain why. | 5x + 10| = - 7

What is the value of 3 [29 - (9+6) ] - 4 x 7?

Calculate the Social Security and Medicare tax that would be applied to an annual salary of $235,430. Use $106,800 for maximum taxable earnings

Miranda is saving money to buy a new computer that costs 900. She estimates that it will take her three months working at her part time job to save enough money for the computer. Including sales tax, the total amount Miranda must save is 964.80.

Write y6 as a product of two powers with the same base ib four different ways use only positive exponents