The population of a large city can be calculated using the function P=227,000(.98)^t. What can you say about the rate of change from year 1 to year 2 compared to the rate of change from year 9 to year 10? Will one have a greater rate of change than the other, or will they be the same? Show or explain how you know.

Let the closed interval [a , b] be the domain of function f. the domain of f(x - 3) is given by (a) the open interval (a , b) (b) the closed interval [a , b] (c) the closed interval [a - 3 , b - 3] (d) the closed interval [a + 3 , b + 3]

(05.02) mr. morris is going to save money and replace his sailboat's mainsail himself. he must determine the area of the mainsail in order to buy the correct amount of material. calculate the area of the parallelogram to determine how much material should be purchased. be sure to explain how to decompose this shape into rectangles and triangles. describe their dimensions and show your work.

Graph the following system of linear inequalities. identify at least two points in the solution: y < 5 - 2x | x + 5y > -7