Mariah and Clarence are planning for a dinner party. The grocery store is selling a $25$ -pound turkey for $\$60$ . Mariah states, “that means it costs $\$2.40$ per pound of turkey.”
Clarence states, “that means $2.4$ pounds of turkey cost $\$1$ .”
Is Mariah’s statement, Clarence’s statement, both statements, or neither statement correct? Justify your answer.

Respond in the space provided.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation