There are two satellite TV providers in the area where you live. Provider A charges $75 for installation and charges $39.95 per month for the basic package. Provider B offers free installation and charges $39.95 per month for the basic package. Your neighbor subscribes to Provider A the same month you subscribe to Provider B. After how many months is your neighbor's total cost the same as your total cost for satellite TV?

Samantha swam upstream for some distance in one hour. she then swam downstream the same river for the same distance in only 12 minutes. if the river flows at 4 mph, how fast can samantha swim in still water?

Simplify 5 square root of 7 end root plus 12 square root of 6 end root minus 10 square root of 7 end root minus 5 square root of 6 . (1 point) 5 square root of 14 end root minus 7 square root of 12 5 square root of 7 end root minus 7 square root of 6 7 square root of 12 end root minus 5 square root of 14 7 square root of 6 end root minus 5 square root of 7

The rate of decay of a radioactive substance depends upon the amount present initially. the mass y (mg) of the radioactive substance cobalt-60 present in a sample at time t (years) is represented by the exponential equation y=50e −0.1315 t . answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. how does the exponential equation above compare to the equation for simple interest that is compounded continuously? explain the similarities. 2. what is the initial amount of cobalt-60 in the sample? 2. how much cobalt-60 is left after 8.4 years? show your work. 3. what would be the y-intercept of the graph? what does it represent? 4. after how many years will the amount of cobalt-60 left be 6.25 mg? explain what happens to the cobalt-60 after 50 years? 5. discuss some “real-world” examples and uses of cobalt-60