Jenny has nine marbles, but her best friend Susie gives her ten more! However, the neighborhood bully, Danny, steals four marbles from her. Jenny's marbles are all of very high quality, so she trades each of her marbles for three of John's marbles apiece. The very next day is Jenny's birthday so she receives seven marbles from her parents, and finally gives two to her sister. How many marbles does she have now?

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