A-town and b-ville are connected by a straight, 420-mile road. at noon, atu left a-town for b-ville, and brek left b-ville for a-town. if atu travels at 56 miles per hour and brek travels at 49 miles per hour, how many miles apart will atu and brek be 1 hour before they meet?

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation