Jake is comparing the prices of two laundry service companies. company a charges $20 per load and an additional $8 as service charges. company b charges $24 per load and an additional $4 as service charges. part a: write equations to represent company a and company b's total laundry charges for a certain number of loads. define the variable used in the equations. (10 points) part b: which company would charge less for 5 loads of laundry? justify your answer. (8 points) part c: how much money is saved by using the services of company a instead of company b to clean 9 loads of laundry? (first person to actually properly answer this gets brainliest)

Arestaurant chef made 1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce. each serving of pasta requires 1/2 of a jar of sauce. how many servings of pasta will the chef be able to prepare using the sauce?

Christine wong has asked dave and mike to her move into a new apartment on sunday morning. she has asked them both, in case one of them does not show up. from past experience, christine knows that there is a 40% chance that dave will not show up and a 30% chance that mik a. what is the probability that both dave and mike will show up? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. what is the probability that at least one of them will show up? c. what is the probability that neither dave nor mike will show up? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)e will not show up. dave and mike do not know each other and their decisions can be assumed to be independent.

If on=8x-8,lm=7x+4,nm=x-5,and ol=3y-6