For each equation below, solve for x. check your solution, if possible, and show all work. a. 3x - 6 + 1 = -2x - 5 + 5x b. -2x - 5 = 2 - 4x - (x - 1)

Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the following sequence. round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

Acone with volume 1350 m³ is dilated by a scale factor of 1/3. what is the volume of the resulting cone? enter your answer in the box. m³

Needmax recorded the heights of 500 male humans. he found that the heights were normally distributed around a mean of 177 centimeters. which statements about max’s data must be true? a) the median of max’s data is 250 b) more than half of the data points max recorded were 177 centimeters. c) a data point chosen at random is as likely to be above the mean as it is to be below the mean. d) every height within three standard deviations of the mean is equally likely to be chosen if a data point is selected at random.