The price of products may increase due to inflation and decrease due to depreciation. derek is studying the change in the price of two products, a and b, over time. the price f(x), in dollars, of product a after x years is represented by the function below: f(x) = 72(1.25)x part a: is the price of product a increasing or decreasing and by what percentage per year? justify your answer. (5 points) part b: the table below shows the price f(t), in dollars, of product b after t years: t (number of years) 1 2 3 4 f(t) (price in dollars) 65 84.5 109.85 142.81 which product recorded a greater percentage change in price over the previous year? justify your answer.

You eat 8 strawberries and your friend eats 12 strawberries from a bowl. there are 20 strawberries left. which equation and solution give the original number of strawberries?

Look at this pattern ; 1,4,9, number 10000 belongs in this pattern . what’s the place of this number?

Martha has a deck of cards. she has lost some of the cards, and now the deck only contains nine spades, eleven diamonds, eight clubs, and twelve hearts. martha predicts that whenever she draws a card from the deck without looking, she will draw a club one-fifth of the time. which activity would best allow martha to test her prediction? a. randomly draw a card from the box and see if it is a club. b. randomly draw a card. then, continue to draw another card until all eight clubs are drawn. c. randomly draw and replace a card 120 times. then, observe how close to 30 times a club is drawn. d. randomly draw and replace a card 100 times. then, observe how close to 20 times a club is drawn.