Let the roots of the polynomial x^2 + 7x -2 be a and b. Evaluate a^2 + b^2

Acommunity group sells 2,000 tickets for its raffle. the grand prize is a car. neil and 9 of his friends buy 10 tickets each. when the winning ticket number is announced, it is found to belong to neil's group. given this information, what is the probability that the ticket belongs to neil? a.1/5 b.1/10 c.1/200 d.1/4

Asif spent $745.10 on 13 new file cabinets for his office. small file cabinets cost $43.50 and large file cabinets cost $65.95. write and solve a system of equations to find the number of small cabinets and large cabinets he purchased. determine if each statement is true or false. 1. he purchased 5 small cabinets. true or false 2. he purchased 7 large cabinets. true or false 3. he spent $527.60 on large cabinets. true or false

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.