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Apositive number a or the same number a increased by 50% and then decreased by 50% of the result?

Find the volume of the described solid. the solid lies between planes perpendicular to the x-axis at x = 0 and x=7. the cross sectionsperpendicular to the x-axis between these planes are squares whose bases run from the parabolay=-31x to the parabola y = 30/x. a) 441b) 147c) 864d) 882

Fa bus driver leaves her first stop by 7: 00 a. m., her route will take less than 37 minutes. if she leaves after 7: 00 a. m., she estimates that the same route will take no less than 42 minutes. which inequality represents the time it takes to drive the route, r?