Gerald likes peppers, he planted a whole garden full of peppers... He had green, red, yellow colored peppers. In the first row of his garden he had 12 red, 15 green, and 5 yellow pepper plants. In the second row of his garden he had 6 red, 12 green, and some yellow pepper plants. If he had a total of 18 red pepper plants, 20 yellow pepper plants, How many total pepper plants did he have in his garden?

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