A rope is used to make a fence in the shape of an equilateral triangle around a newly planted tree. The length of the rope is represented with the expression 15b + 30. Rewrite the expression to represent the three side lengths of the rope fence. What is the length of one side?

1. are the triangles similar and if so why? what is the value of x? show your work.

Simplify. (-2)^-3 a. -8 b. -1/8 c. 1/8 d. 8

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?