A newborn elephant weights 252 pounds wen she is born. She will gain an average of 24.5 pounds per week until she reachs adulthood. A newborn killer whale weights 395 poundswhen she is born. Se will gain 19 pounds per week until she reaches aduthood. Write an inequality that can be used to determine x, the number of weeks needed for the weight of the newborn elephant to be greater than or equal to the weight of the newborn killer whale.

If f(x) = 4x – 3 and g(x) = 8x + 2, find each function value a. f[g(3)] b. g[f(5)] c. g{f[g(-4)]}

Titus works at a hotel. part of his job is to keep the complimentary pitcher of water at least half full and always with ice. when he starts his shift, the water level shows 4 gallons, or 128 cups of water. as the shift progresses, he records the level of the water every 10 minutes. after 2 hours, he uses a regression calculator to compute an equation for the decrease in water. his equation is w –0.414t + 129.549, where t is the number of minutes and w is the level of water. according to the equation, after about how many minutes would the water level be less than or equal to 64 cups?

Robert is placing sod in two square shaped areas of his backyard. one side of the first area is 7.5 feet. one side of the other area is 5.7 feet. the sod costs y dollars per square foot