Rafael, denise, and philippe are doing a project together. they decide to base the project on a book that is 540 pages long. rafael plans to read a certain number of pages. denise will read 3/4 of the number of pages rafael reads, and philippe will read 1/2 of the number of pages that rafael reads. how many pages will rafael read? 180 240 300 432

Here is their argument. given the obtuse angle x, we make a quadrilateral abcd with ∠dab = x, and ∠abc = 90◦, and ad = bc. say the perpendicular bisector to dc meets the perpendicular bisector to ab at p. then pa = pb and pc = pd. so the triangles pad and pbc have equal sides and are congruent. thus ∠pad = ∠pbc. but pab is isosceles, hence ∠pab = ∠pba. subtracting, gives x = ∠pad−∠pab = ∠pbc −∠pba = 90◦. this is a preposterous conclusion – just where is the mistake in the "proof" and why does the argument break down there?

Mr. walker gave his class the function f(x) = (x + 3)(x + 5). four students made a claim about the function. each student’s claim is below. jeremiah: the y-intercept is at (15, 0). lindsay: the x-intercepts are at (–3, 0) and (5, 0). stephen: the vertex is at (–4, –1). alexis: the midpoint between the x-intercepts is at (4, 0). which student’s claim about the function is correct?

Pj is decorating pupcakes for rocky's birthday party. her color scheme is black, purple, and green. she will use this spinner to determine the color of sprinkles on each pupcake. which model shows the probability of randomly landing on each color?