The human body generates about 400 btus of body heat per hour while active. if an office that is 18 ft × 38 ft × 12 ft has 12 workers, how many btus per cubic foot do they produce in 5 hours? (to the nearest tenth)

Here is their argument. given the obtuse angle x, we make a quadrilateral abcd with ∠dab = x, and ∠abc = 90◦, and ad = bc. say the perpendicular bisector to dc meets the perpendicular bisector to ab at p. then pa = pb and pc = pd. so the triangles pad and pbc have equal sides and are congruent. thus ∠pad = ∠pbc. but pab is isosceles, hence ∠pab = ∠pba. subtracting, gives x = ∠pad−∠pab = ∠pbc −∠pba = 90◦. this is a preposterous conclusion – just where is the mistake in the "proof" and why does the argument break down there?

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 bale to prepare using the sauce?

1jessica's home town is a mid-sized city experiencing a decline in population. the following graph models the estimated population if the decline continues at the same rate. select the most appropriate unit for the measure of time that the graph represents. a. years b. hours c. days d. weeks