Agroup of students is arranging squares into layers to create a project. the first layer has 5 squares. the second layer has 10 squares. which formula represents arithmetic explicit formula to determine the number of squares in each layer?
a. a1 = 5; an = 5 ⋅ an − 1, n > 0
b. a1 = 5; an = 5 ⋅ an + 1, n > 0
c. a1 = 5; an = 5 + an − 1, n > 0
d. a1 = 5; an = 5 + an + 1, n > 0

Ms. sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. the table shows her data. how does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest? word count tends to decrease as the score decreases. word count tends to increase as the score decreases. word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases. word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.

Can (2,3 and square root 10) be sides ona right triangle?

Two language majors, anna and megan, took exams in two languages. anna scored 85 on both exams. megan scored 74 on the first exam and 85 on the second exam. overall, student scores on the first exam had a mean of 82 and a standard deviation of 4, and the second exam scores had a mean of 71 and a standard deviation of 13. a) to qualify for language honors, a major must maintain at least an 85 average across all language courses taken. so far, which of anna and megan qualify? b) which student's overall performance was better?