Patrick has $12,000 saved for medical school from gifts and summer jobs. because the cost of college has risen each year, patrick knows he needs a savings account that will him meet these increases. in the 10 remaining years before he receives his medical degree, which of the following would most patrick to meet these increases?

a. a checking account
b. a compound interest account
c. a high risk investment
d. a simple interest account

Assume that there is a 11% rate of disk drive failure in a year. a. if all your computer data is stored on a hard disk drive with a copy stored on a second hard disk drive, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive? b. if copies of all your computer data are stored on four independent hard disk drives, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive?

Answer each of the questions for the following diagram: 1. what type of angles are these? 2. solve for x. what does x equal? 3. what is the measure of the angles?

Acable company claims that the average household pays $78 a month for a basic cable plan, but it could differ by as much as $20. write an absolute value inequality to determine the range of basic cable plan costs with this cable company. a. |x − 78| ≥ 20 b. |x − 20| ≥ 78 c. |x − 20| ≤ 78 d. |x − 78| ≤ 20