Molly is thinking of a number between one and ten. she multiplies the number by five and adds eight. her final answer is seven times her original number. can you guess molly’s original number?

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.

Colby and jaquan are growing bacteria in an experiment in a laboratory. colby starts with 50 bacteria in his culture and the number of bacteria doubles every 2 hours. jaquan starts with 80 of a different type of bacteria that doubles every 3 hours. let x equal number of days. colbys experiment follows the model: a.) y=50*2^x b.) y=50*2^8x c.) y=50*2^12x jaquans experiment follows the model: a.)80*2^x b.)80*2^8x c.)80*2^12x

Suppose babies born after a gestation period of 32 to 35 weeks have a mean weight of 25002500 grams and a standard deviation of 800800 grams while babies born after a gestation period of 40 weeks have a mean weight of 27002700 grams and a standard deviation of 385385 grams. if a 3232-week gestation period baby weighs 21252125 grams and a 4040-week gestation period baby weighs 23252325 grams, find the corresponding z-scores. which baby weighs lessless relative to the gestation period?