Excellence Middle School charges $9.00 for students from all grade levels to attend the school dance. If s represents the number of seventh-grade students who came to the dance and g represents the number of eighth-grade students at the dance, which expression best represents the total amount of money collected for attendance at the dance? a--9s + g
b--s + 9g
c--18(s + g)
d--9(s + g)

Jackie bought a bag of oranges. she used 3/8 of the oranges to make orange juice. she used 1/3 of the oranges to make a fruit salad. she put 1/8 of the oranges in a bowl on the table. she put 2/12 of the oranges in the refrigerator. a) jackie left more oranges on the table than she put in the refrigerator. b) jackie used fewer oranges to make orange juice than she left on the table. c) jackie put fewer oranges in the refrigerator than she used to make the fruit salad. eliminate d) jackie used more oranges to make a fruit salad than she used to make orange juice.

The base of a triangle exceeds the height by 9 inches. if the area is 180 square inches, find the length of the base and the height of the triangle.

One of the problems with our current election system is? ?