If we let x denote the length of the morning walk, Ahmed walks x + 2.5x or 3.5x miles each day. At the end of the week he has walked 7 times as far and he said that this was 30 miles. Solve the equation to find out the distance of Ahmed’s morning walk x. Explain your reasoning and verify your answer.

When drawing a trend line for a series of data on a scatter plot, which of the following is true? a. there should be an equal number of data points on either side of the trend line. b. all the data points should lie on one side of the trend line. c. the trend line should not intersect any data point on the plot. d. the trend line must connect each data point on the plot.

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Which point on the x-axis lies on the line that passes through point c and is parallel to lino ab?