5. a) The lengths of the sides of a triangle form a geometric progression The shortest side is 8 cm. Given that the perimeter is 56 cm. Find the longest side.
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b) If a light flashes at 1.00 oclock and twice at 2.00 o'clock, and so on. How many times will it flash a day? [7 marks]

The radius of the earth is two times the radius of the moon. what fraction of the volume of the earth is the volume of the moon?

Atype of plant is introduced into an ecosystem and quickly begins to take over. a scientist counts the number of plants after mmonths and develops the equation p(m)= 19.3(1.089)^m to model the situation. most recently, the scientist counted 138 plants.assuming there are no limiting factors to the growth of the plants, about how many months have passed since the plants werefirst introduced? a)o 6.1b)0.6.6c)10 72d)o 23.1

Astocks price gained 3% in april and 5% in may and then lost 4% in june and 1% in july during which month did the stocks price change the most