50 points!
alexis is choosing between a job in the national parks service, which offers a pension plan, and a forestry contracting job with a 401(k) plan. why would alexis choose the 401(k) plan over the pension plan?

select the best answer from the choices provided.

alexis prefers a lifelong income after retirement.
alexis plans on trying out several different career paths.
alexis wants a plan that includes employer contributions.
alexis wants a plan that is insured by the government.

Factor -8x3-2x2-12x-3 by grouping what is the resulting expression?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

If the discriminant if a quadratic equation is 4 which statement describes the roots?