bill weighs 120 pounds and is gaining ten pounds each month. phil weighs 150 pounds and is gaining 4 pound each month. how many months, m, will it take for bill to weigh the same as phil?

(a) compute the maclaurin polynomial m2(x) for f(x) = cos x. (b) use the polynomial of part (a) to estimate cos π 12. (c) use a calculator to compute the error made using the estimate from part (b) for the value of cos π 12. remember that the error is defined to be the absolute value of the difference between the true value and the estimate.

Little’s law firm has just one lawyer. customers arrive randomly at an average rate of 6 per 8 hour workday. service times have a mean of 50 minutes and a standard deviation of 20 minutes. how long does a customer spend at little’s law firm on average?

Quick! a survey of 57 customers was taken at a bookstore regarding the types of books purchased. the survey found that 33 customers purchased mysteries, 25 purchased science fiction, 18 purchased romance novels, 12 purchased mysteries and science fiction, 9 purchased mysteries and romance novels, 6 purchased science fiction and romance novels, and 2 purchased all three types of books. a) how many of the customers surveyed purchased only mysteries? b) how many purchased mysteries and science fiction, but not romance novels? c) how many purchased mysteries or science fiction? d) how many purchased mysteries or science fiction, but not romance novels? e) how many purchased exactly two types of books?