Julia jogged along the perimeter of a park. the area of the park is 12 square miles, and the width of the park is 3 miles. how many miles did she jog?

On traditional maps, earth is represented in a flat plane, or by euclidean geometry. however, a globe is a more accurate model that comes from elliptical geometry. how does a globe represent the fact that there are no parallel lines in elliptical geometry? the equator is not parallel to any other latitudinal lines. the north and south poles are never connected by a geodesic. the geodesics connecting the north and south poles never intersect. the geodesics connecting the north and south poles intersect at both of the poles.

Suppose the equation ||x-a|-b|=2008 has 3 distinct real roots and a not =0. find the value of b.

At the beginning of a call to the cable company, a message tells customers, "after you finish talking to our customer service representative, you will be asked to take a five-question survey about the level of service you recieved. it would be appreciated if you could stay on the line to answer the survey questions." what type of sampling is the cable company using?