Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 23 ft wide and 30 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 494 square feet of carpeting. What dimensions should
the rug have?

Which inequality is equivalent to -3x < -12? x < 4 , x < -4 , x > 4, x > -4

An observer(o) spots a plane(p) taking off from a local airport and flying at a 29 degree angle horizontal to her line of sight and located directly above a tower(t). the observer also notices a bird circling directly above her. if the distance from the plane(p) to the tower(t) is 6,000ft., how far is the bird(b) from the plane(p).

Atown recently dismissed 5 employees in order to meet their new budget reductions. the town had 5 employees over 50 years of age and 19 under 50. if the dismissed employees were selected at random, what is the probability that exactly 2 employees were over 50? express your answer as a fraction or a decimal number rounded to four decimal places.