An alloy is a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements. You mix an alloy that contains 14% copper with an alloy that contains 24% copper to make 100 pounds of an alloy that is 18% copper. How many pounds of the 14% alloy was used?

Acompany produces packets of soap powder labeled “giant size 32 ounces.” the actual weight of soap powder in such a box has a normal distribution with a mean of 33 oz and a standard deviation of 0.7 oz. to avoid having dissatisfied customers, the company says a box of soap is considered underweight if it weighs less than 32 oz. to avoid losing money, it labels the top 5% (the heaviest 5%) overweight. how heavy does a box have to be for it to be labeled overweight?

Zack notices that segment nm and segment pq are congruent in the image below: which step could him determine if δnmo ≅δpqr by sas? (5 points) segment mo ≅ segment qr segment on ≅ segment qp ∠ n ≅ ∠ r ∠ o ≅ ∠ q

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