Aschool dance committee is made up of 2 freshman, 4 sophomores, 2 juniors, and 2 seniors.

how many ways are there to sit the committee in a row at a meeting if the students must sit together by grade?

how many ways are there to sit the committee in a row at a meeting if the freshman, sophomores, and juniors must sit by grade, but the seniors can sit wherever they want?

4 and 6.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 4 different grades represented, so for the first question, there are 4 ways that the students can sit if they must sit together by grade.

For the second question, there are 3 grades other than senior level, so it starts with 3 ways that the students can be seated. 3 ways x 2 students per way = 6 ways

thus, the first answer choice, y = sec x, is the correct one

18 units²

step-by-step explanation:

first let's find altitude bd using the distance formula

d = √((y₂ - y₁)² + (x₂ - x₁)²)

bd = √((0 - -3)² + (0 - 3)²)

bd = √18

given the placement of points a and c, we can denote that point d bisects segment ac.

we will call ac the base.

using the distance formula

ac = √((0 - 6)² + (-6 - 0)²)

ac = √72

knowing our base and our height, we can plug these into our triangle area formula

area = (b * h)/2

area = (√18 * √72) / 2

area = (√1296) / 2

area = 36 / 2

area = 18 units²