You are Miguel Cervantes de Navas y Colon, captain in the Royal Spanish Army in Sevilla in the
year 1842. Outside your barracks window is a stack
of cannonballs, as shown in the illustration. On an
idle afternoon you decide to calculate the number
of cannonballs in the stack. What is the number of
cannonballs?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

The pyramid shown has a square base that is 24 centimeters on each side. the slant height is 16 centimeters. what is the lateral surface area?

Determine the common ratio and find the next three terms of the geometric sequence. 10, 2, 0.4, a. 0.2; -0.4, -2, -10 c. 0.02; 0.08, 0.016, 0.0032 b. 0.02; -0.4, -2, -10 d. 0.2; 0.08, 0.016, 0.0032 select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d