Adam had some candy to give to his four children. He first took eight pieces for himself and them evenly divided the rest among his children. Each child received five pieces. With how many pieces did he start?

In two or more complete sentences, formulate how to use technology to calculate the appropriate regression model for the given data. you are not required to find the model, just choose the appropriate regression and explain how to use the technology. (-5,,2.,0.8), (0,-0.5), (2,-1.3), (3,-0.8), (5,2)

The size of a certain cell is 2.5*10^-9m. another cell is 1.5*10^3 times larger. how large is the larger cell in scientific notation?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.