Mary picked 36 peaches and 9 pears. carlos picked 24 peaches and 12 pears .who had the greater peaches to pear ratio?

Aline parallel to a triangle's side splits ab into lengths of x - 5 and x + 2. the other side, ac, is split into lengths of x and x + 12. what is the length of ac? a) 12 b) 24 c) 36 d)

If myesha works overtime, she gets paid "time and a half" for every hour she works. in other words, for every hour over 40 hours myesha works each week, she gets her hourly pay plus half her hourly pay. what is myesha's pay per hour when she works overtime?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?