Read the following sentence from jack london's white fang:

"it's the only contraption that'll ever hold one ear," he said. "he can gnaw through leather as clean as a knife an' jes' about half as quick.

based on the context in this sentence, what is the best explanation for a contraption?

a complicated device or mechanism
a moving or rotating machine part
a manufactured good
a sinister restraint

Lassify the function as linear or quadratic and identify the quadratic, linear, and constant terms. f(x) = (3x + 2)(−6x − 3) linear function; linear term: −21x; constant term: −6 linear function; linear term: −18x2; constant term: −6 quadratic function; quadratic term: 6x2; linear term: 24x; constant term: −6 quadratic function; quadratic term: −18x2; linear term: −21x; constant term: −6

Emily is entering a bicycle race for charity. her mother pledges $0.90 for every 0.75 mile she bikes. if emily bikes 18 miles, how much will her mother donate?

35 ! insert < , > , or = to make the sentence true. 12 __ 25 > =