A landscaper put 9 lilypads into a new pond. The number of lilypads triples each month over a period of time.

Write a function f(x) to model the number of lilypads in the pond after x months.

Calculate the monthly payment for a $2,500 loan at 9% annual interest for two years. use the formula, m = pm(1 + m)^na/(1 + m)^na - 1 as needed. a. $85.15 b. $105.40 c. $114.21 d. $125.72 calculate the total payback for a $2,500 loan at 9% annual interest for two years. use the formula, m = pm(1 + m)^na/(1 + m)^na - 1 as needed. a. $1,021.80 b. $1,370.52 c. $2,043.60 d. $2,741.04 alice wants to use the stack method to pay down her debts listed in the table below. if she applies an extra $150 a month to her debts, what will be the second debt she targets to pay off and what will be the monthly amount she applies to it? debts interest rate minimum monthly payment debt 1 5.5% $75 debt 2 2.75% $250 debt 3 13.25% $150 a. debt 1, $225 b. debt 1, $375 c. debt 3, $300 d. debt 3, $400 at greenbrier bank, checking account customers earn 0.8% interest a month on their account balances, pay a $0.10 service fee per check, and pay a monthly $2.00 financial charge. calculate the income earned on the checking account for a customer who writes 21 checks and maintains a minimum balance of $1,210. a. $4.27 b. $5.58 c. $6.42 d. $7.35 which statement most accurately compares debit and credit cards? a. both cards deduct from funds currently in a checking account. b. both cards use funds temporarily loaned from a financial institution. c. both cards are processed by the same card system services. d. both carry the risk of overdraft.

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates. so ivan ilyich got married. conforming to social conventions criticism of a middle class lifestyle the destructive impact of loneliness struggling to face reality the necessity of companionship

Write 17/20 as a decimal and as a percent.