The table below shows the number of cotton bales imported by the United States from different countries and regions in one year.

Kevin has just finished paying off his loan. he was assessed a service charge of $422. he paid off the principal and the interest by making weekly payments of $36.13 for four years. if the principal was $7,150, how much did kevin pay in finance charges, to the nearest dollar? a. $498 b. $365 c. $422 d. $787

Simonne used the following steps to simplify the given expression. 12 - 3(-2x + 4) step 1: 12 + (–3)·(–2x) + (–3)·(4) step 2: 12 + 6x + (–12) step 3: 12 + (–12) + 6x step 4: 0 + 6x step 5: 6x what property of real numbers was used to transition from step 3 to step 4? a. identity property of addition b. inverse property of addition c. associative property of addition d. commutative property of addition

Point r divides in the ratio 1 : 3. if the x-coordinate of r is -1 and the x-coordinate of p is -3, what is the x-coordinate of q? a. b. 3 c. 5 d. 6 e. -9