Mei and brenda each improved their yards by planting hostas and shrubs. they bought their supplies from the same store. mei spent 48$ on 6 hostas and 6 shrubs. brenda spent 36$ on 7 hostas and 2 shrubs. what is the cost of one hosta and the cost of one shrub?

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

Abakery recorded the number of muffins and bagels it sold for a seven day period. for the data presented, what does the value of 51 summarize? a) mean of bagels b) mean of muffins c) range of bagels d) range of muffins sample # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 muffins 61 20 32 58 62 61 56 bagels 34 45 43 42 46 72 75

Tom can paint the fence in 12 hours, but if he works together with a friend they can finish the job in 8 hours. how long would it take for his friend to paint this fence alone?