In the past, Marcie's father rode his bike 108 miles in 7.5 hours. Her mother rode the same distance in 8 hours. Marcie plans to ride her bike 108 miles at a steady rate of 18 mph for y hours. Will she match her father's or mother's time? Use the equation 108 divided by y equals 18 to justify your answer.

Kevin is an insurance salesman. when he sells a policy, he makes 20 percent of the policy premium (p) up front; then each year the policy is active, he receives 15 percent of the original premium. which equation could be used to figure his total commission on a policy that has been active for five years? c=0.80p c=0.20p + 0.15p c=0.35p + 4(0.15) c=0.95p

Evaluate each expression. determine if the final simplified form of the expression is positive or negative -42 (-4)2 42

Explain how the quotient of powers was used to simplify this expression.