The average adult human has approximately 2.5 ×1013 red blood cells and 7×109 white blood cells. about how many times as great is the number of red blood cells than the number of white blood cells? write and solve an equation.

Dexter read 11 science fiction books and 5 history books. lena read 9 science fiction books and 4 history books. compare the students’ ratios of science fiction books to history books. 1. determine the ratios’ form:    science fiction books to history books 2. write the ratios as fractions:    dexter: 115; lena: 94 3. rewrite with a common denominator. 4. compare. 5. answer the question. determine which shows the correct comparison of the ratios for this problem.

Talia grouped the terms and factored out the gcf of the groups of the polynomial 15x2 – 3x – 20x + 4. her work is shown below. (15x2 – 3x) + (–20x + 4) 3x(5x – 1) + 4(–5x + 1) talia noticed that she does not have a common factor. what should she do?

Astore is having a sale in which all items are reduced by 20 percent. including tax, jennifer paid $21 for a pair of shorts. if the sales tax is 5 percent, what was the original price of the shorts