The area of the top surface of an 8.5 inch by 11 inch piece of paper is a function of the number of times it is folded in half.
what is the value of a and what does it represent in ab^x?
i don't understand how to write the equation.

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates. so ivan ilyich got married. conforming to social conventions criticism of a middle class lifestyle the destructive impact of loneliness struggling to face reality the necessity of companionship

What is the solution to the equation? k/6.4=8.7 2.3 5.568 15.1 55.68

The table shows the number of students who signed up for different after school activities. activity students cooking 9 chess 4 photography 8 robotics 11 select the true statements about the information in the table.