An airplane takes off with a full tank of 40,000 gallons of fuel and fillies at an average speed of 550 miles per hour. after 8 hours in flight, there are 14,000 gallons of fuel left. it will take another 3.5 hours for the plane to reach its destination. how much fuel will be left in the tank when the plane lands? what is the total distance of the flight?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

Four individuals pool money together to start a new business and agree to split the profits equally. n invests $6,000, x invests $2,000, y invests $8,000 and z invests $4,000. if the profits for the first month were $100,000, y receives than if the profits were divided in proportion to how much they invested.

The areas of two similar triangles are 72dm2 and 50dm2. the sum of their perimeters is 226dm. what is the perimeter of each of these triangles?