While playing mini golf, you hit the ball off of a wall to attempt at making it in the hole. the ball is located at (5,4) and the hole is located at (9,8). the point where the ball hits the wall is (7,0). write an equation for the path of the ball and then determine if you will make your putt.

Officer brimberry wrote 24 tickets for traffic violations last week, but only 9 tickets this week. what is the percent decrease? give your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

The price of an item has been reduced by 30%. the original price was $30. what is the price of the item now ?