Copland competes in 27 swimming events this season. He wins either first place or second place in each event. Copland has 3 more first-place wins than second-place wins. In how many events did he win first place, and how many did he win second place?

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Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.

The label on a can of lemonade gives the volume as 12 fl 0z or 355ml verify that these two measurements are nearly equivalent