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You eat 8 strawberries and your friend eats 12 strawberries from a bowl. there are 20 strawberries left. which equation and solution give the original number of strawberries?

Agroup of student volunteers participates in a study designed to assess several behavioral interventions for improving output in a repetitive task. prior to the beginning of the study, all volunteers unknowingly observed, and their output is measured. at the beginning of the study, prior to any intervention, the volunteers perform the same task under the observation of a study administrator, and their overall output increases. which of the following terms describes this phenomenon? a. simpson's paradox b. hawthorne effect are d. novelty effect d. pygmalion effect e. observer-expectancy effect

The perimeter of △cde is 55 cm. a rhombus dmfn is inscribed in this triangle so that vertices m, f, and n lie on the sides cd , ce , and de respectively. find cd and de if cf=8 cm and ef=12 cm. the answer is not cd=20 and de=15. i have tried that one, it does not work.