Astarting carpenter can build a rough table in 1 hour, and a rough chair in 45 minutes. a finishing carpenter can finish each table in 48 minutes and finish each chair in 1 hour. both carpenters work for no more than 8 hours each day. this situation is modeled in the graph below, where x represents the number of tables, and y represents the number of chairs. is it possible for the two carpenters to complete four tables and five chairs in a day?

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