Critique Reasoning A student claims that 8^3 •8^-5 is greater than 1. Explain whether the student is correct or not.

For the equation below, x is the input and y is the output. y = -4x + 3 if the input is -8, then the output is

Acompany manufactures large valves, packed in boxes. a shipment consists of 1500 valves packed in 75 boxes. each box has the outer dimensions 1.2 x 0.8 x 1.6 m and the inner dimensions 1.19 x 0.79 x 1.59 m. the boxes are loaded on a vehicle (truck + trailer). the available capacity in the vehicle combination is 140 m3. each valve has a volume of 0.06 m3. - calculate the load factor on the box level (%). - calculate the load factor on the vehicle level (%). - calculate the overall load factor (%).

Atown has a population of 12000 and grows at 3.5% every year. what will be the population after 7 years, to the nearest whole number?