8. a) A TV set that normally retails for $480 is on sale for 15% off. What is the sale price? b) The rectangle has a width of 12 in. and length of 19 in. Find the area of the rectangle in square
foot. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Afarmer began a new method of reducing grain spills. this reduced the number of mice on the farm. the number of snakes in the surrounding area decreased at the same time. the snakes depended on the mice that lived in the field. what’s the likely reason the snake population decreased? a. the number of snake predators increased. b. the number of mice increased. c. the number of mice decreased. d. the pesticides affected the snakes. e. a new breed of mice moved into the field.

Which scenario describes intraspecific, indirect competition? a. a peacock defends its territory against another peacock. b. lions and hyenas compete for the same prey animals. c. a male black bear eats fish in an area of a lake, so other black bears can’t. d. different species of birds fight over spilled popcorn on the ground.

In this food web, which group would increase in number if snakes were eliminated? a. producers b. decomposers c. primary consumers d. secondary consumers e. tertiary consumers