Three students sit in the first row. In the second row, 3 students sit behind each of those students, and so on. Write an expression with exponents to show how many students sit in the third row? How many total students are seated? Please help, I don't understand this. You get 65 points!

Abox contains 1 plain pencil and 4 pens. a second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. one item from each box is chosen at random. what is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Solve the equation by completing the square. x^2+2x=17

Consider the following estimates from the early 2010s of shares of income to each group. country poorest 40% next 30% richest 30% bolivia 10 25 65 chile 10 20 70 uruguay 20 30 50 1.) using the 4-point curved line drawing tool, plot the lorenz curve for bolivia. properly label your curve. 2.) using the 4-point curved line drawing tool, plot the lorenz curve for uruguay. properly label your curve.