12) Jasmine and Brenda are selling cheesecakes for a school fundraiser. Customers can buy pecan
cheesecakes and apple cheesecakes. Jasmine sold 2 pecan cheesecakes and 8 apple cheesecakes for a
total of $146. Brenda sold 4 pecan cheesecakes and 7 apple cheesecakes for a total of $139. Find the
cost each of one pecan cheesecake and one apple cheesecake.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation