Three friends spent 42 hours painting a neighbor’s house. john painted 1/3 of the time, lenny worked 3/7 of the time, and abby painted the rest of the time. how many hours did each friend paint? what would happen if another friend joined them, and they divided the work up evenly among them, how much more, or less, would john, lenny and abby each have painted?

Most animals give birth during a general time of year. this is because animals naturally breed so that their young will be born at the time of year when there will be adequate food supply. the bar graph shows the number of live births of a jackrabbit native to california over the course of year x. based on the data, which of the following would be an appropriate conclusion? a) in general, rabbits give birth during the spring months b) in general, rabbits give birth during the summer months c) in general,m california jackrabbits give birth during the spring months d) in general, california jackrabbits give birth during the summer months

Lindsay used two points, (x,y; ) and (+2.82), to find the equation of the line, y = mx + b, that passes through the points. y2-y, first, she used the definition of slope and determined that the value of mis x, - . given this information, which expression must represent the value of b?

For problems 29 - 31 the graph of a quadratic function y=ax^2 + bx + c is shown. tell whether the discriminant of ax^2 + bx + c = 0 is positive, negative, or zero.