Matt wants to mail a book that is 8 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. what is the smallest possible volume of a box that the book will fit in?

The rows and columns of lattice points in a three-by-three square array are evenly spaced one unit apart. how many distinct triangles with at least one side of length 2 units can be drawn using three lattice points for the vertices?

Your food costs are $5,500. your total food sales are $11,000. what percent of your food sales do the food costs represent?

Acompany produces packets of soap powder labeled “giant size 32 ounces.” the actual weight of soap powder in such a box has a normal distribution with a mean of 33 oz and a standard deviation of 0.7 oz. to avoid having dissatisfied customers, the company says a box of soap is considered underweight if it weighs less than 32 oz. to avoid losing money, it labels the top 5% (the heaviest 5%) overweight. how heavy does a box have to be for it to be labeled overweight?