1. A box contains an assortment of tool items on clearance. You randomly choose a sale item, look at it, and then put it back in the box. Then you randomly choose another sale item. Event A:
You choose a hammer first. Event B: You choose a pair of pliers second.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation