Jim must plant and stake a tree. The stakes are 2 feet from the base of the tree. They are connected to wires that attach to the trunk at a height of 5 feet. If there is 6 inches of extra length at both ends of each wire, how long must the wire be, to the nearest tenth of a foot? *

Which term below correctly completes the following sentence? if a function has a vertical asymptote at a certain x value, then the function is what at that value

The equation of a parabola is given. y=18x2+4x+20 what are the coordinates of the focus of the parabola?

If your score on your next statistics test is converted to a z score, which of these z scores would you prefer: minus2.00, minus1.00, 0, 1.00, 2.00? why? a. the z score of 2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations above the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. b. the z score of 0 is most preferable because it corresponds to a test score equal to the mean. c. the z score of minus2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations below the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. d. the z score of minus1.00 is most preferable because it is 1.00 standard deviation below the mean and would correspond to an above average