Sharon's middle school track team consists of 36 dedicated runners. To build her track program for next year, Sharon wishes to increase the amount of runners on her team by 40% or more. Part A:
How many track athletes, at a minimum, will Sharon have on her team next year if she meets her goal? Show your work.

Part B:
Next year, Sharon wants to get new uniforms for her track team. Unfortunately, the uniforms are not sold individually. Instead they are sold in sets of 5 for $230 per set. What will be the minimum cost of next year's uniforms if she meets her goal of a 40% increase? Show your work.

If the public debt of a country in 2009 was $10432000000000 and the budget for 2010 was in deficit by $201645000000, what was the public debt in 2010? do not include commas in your answer.

Ihave trouble finding the nth term of a linear sequence

Martha has a deck of cards. she has lost some of the cards, and now the deck only contains nine spades, eleven diamonds, eight clubs, and twelve hearts. martha predicts that whenever she draws a card from the deck without looking, she will draw a club one-fifth of the time. which activity would best allow martha to test her prediction? a. randomly draw a card from the box and see if it is a club. b. randomly draw a card. then, continue to draw another card until all eight clubs are drawn. c. randomly draw and replace a card 120 times. then, observe how close to 30 times a club is drawn. d. randomly draw and replace a card 100 times. then, observe how close to 20 times a club is drawn.