14 people try out for a baseball team. In how many different ways could
they select the pitcher and the catcher?

Jack has a piece of red ribbon that is two times as long as his piece of blue ribbon. he says that he can use two different equation to find out how long his piece of red ribbon is compared to his piece of blue ribbon is. is he correct? explain his reasoning

45% of the trees in a park are apple trees. there are 27 apple trees in the park. how many trees are in the park in all?

Part a: sam rented a boat at $225 for 2 days. if he rents the same boat for 5 days, he has to pay a total rent of $480. write an equation in the standard form to represent the total rent (y) that sam has to pay for renting the boat for x days. (4 points)