What does it mean for a graph to be a vertical stretch of the parent fuction?

Mike wants to make meatloaf. his recipe uses a total of 8 pounds of meat. if he uses a 3 to 1 ratio of beef to pork, how much pork will he use? enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest terms.

At a local museum, the total price for one adult and one child is $11. mrs. smith paid for herself and her three children. she spent $19. record the system of equations to be solved and then find the price of an adult and child ticket using either elimination or substitution.

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.