Simplify the expression:
5.2a -(4.5a +4.8a)

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The number of chocolate chips in an 18-ounce bag of chocolate chip cookies is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 1252 chips and standard deviation 129 chips. (a) what is the probability that a randomly selected bag contains between 1100 and 1500 chocolate chips, inclusive? (b) what is the probability that a randomly selected bag contains fewer than 1125 chocolate chips? (c) what proportion of bags contains more than 1225 chocolate chips? (d) what is the percentile rank of a bag that contains 1425 chocolate chips?

Nicole is making carrot bread she needs 5 cups of carrots for 2 cups of sugar. what is the ratio of cups of sugar to cups of carrots that nicole will need? write the ration in three different ways