In a shipment of new books for a library, 5/12 of the books were poetry and 2/5 were biographies. The remainder of the books in the shipment were mysteries. What fraction of the books in the shipment were mysteries?

In the equations, a and b represent the price per night for a room in hotel a and hotel b, respectively, w weeks after september 1 last autumn. what was the price per night in hotel a when it was equal to the price per night in hotel b? a = 240 − 20w b = 320 − 30w

Find the equation of a line that is perpendicular to line g that contains (p, q). coordinate plane with line g that passes through the points negative 3 comma 6 and 0 comma 5 3x − y = 3p − q 3x + y = q − 3p x − y = p − q x + y = q − p

Suppose that 15 inches of wire cost 60 cents. at the same rate, how much (in cents) will 12 inches of wire cost