Derek has a jar of marbles-half are red and half are blue. the red marbles are slightly smaller than the blue marbles. derek assumes that because the jar contains the same number of marbles of each color, if he closes his eyes and picks a marble, he will draw a red marble 50% of the time. is derek correct? why or why not?

no he is not correct

Step-by-step explanation:

because the red marbles are smaller than the blue it will be more likely to get a blue marble than a red marble even though there's the same amount.

yes derek it correct

Step-by-step explanation: the slightly smaller size wont effect derek picking it up

part a

x     y

0     8

1     7.5

2     7

3     6.5

4     6

5     5.5  

for every hour i deducted .5 inches from the length of the candle

part b

it is a function because for every x value there is only one y value

part   c

for every x value there is only one y value

x       y

0       8

1       7.6

2       7.2

3       6.8

step-by-step explanation:

-12 > a

step-by-step explanation:

-11 > 1 + a

subtract 1 from each side

-11 -1> 1 -1+ a

-12 > a