Mrs. valdez wanted to determine the number of people, p, she could safely take in her car to the fun run. she determined that p < 5. which statement best describes a possible number of people she can take in her car? mrs. valdez can take –2 people because –2 < 5. mrs. valdez can take 2 people because 2 < 5. mrs. valdez can take 3.5 people because 3.5 < 5. mrs. valdez can take 5 people because 5 < 5.

The roots of the function f(x) = x2 – 2x – 3 are shown. what is the missing number?

What is the length of the segment, endpoints of which are intersections of parabolas y=x^2− 11/4 x− 7/4 and y=− 7 /8 x^2+x+ 31/8 ?

Ascientist places 24 cells in a petri dish. she knows the cells grow at an exponential rate, doubling in number every hour. how long will it take (in hours) for there to be 1100 cells in the dish? time to 1100 cells: 5.51832530 hours how long will it take to reach 110 cells? time to 110 cells : 2.1963972 hours what is the average rate of change in the number of cells between 9 hours and 11 hours? average rate of change: cells per hour what is the instantaneous rate of change after 7 hours? instantaneous rate of change: cells per hour note: you can earn partial credit on this problem.