Is this pattern a net for the three-dimensional figure?

When drawing a trend line for a series of data on a scatter plot, which of the following is true? a. there should be an equal number of data points on either side of the trend line. b. all the data points should lie on one side of the trend line. c. the trend line should not intersect any data point on the plot. d. the trend line must connect each data point on the plot.

Which of the functions below could have created this graph?

Assume that there is a 11% rate of disk drive failure in a year. a. if all your computer data is stored on a hard disk drive with a copy stored on a second hard disk drive, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive? b. if copies of all your computer data are stored on four independent hard disk drives, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive?