In 2004, an art collector paid $131,710,000 for a particular painting. The same painting sold for $34,000 in 1950. Find the exponential growth rate k, to three decimal places, and determine the exponential growth function V, for which V(t) is the painting's value, in dollars, t years after 1950.

The number of nails of a given length is normally distributed with a mean length of 5.00 in, and a standard deviation of 0.03 in. find the number of nails in a bag of 120 that are less than 4.94 in. long.

Dexter read 11 science fiction books and 5 history books. lena read 9 science fiction books and 4 history books. compare the students’ ratios of science fiction books to history books. 1. determine the ratios’ form:    science fiction books to history books 2. write the ratios as fractions:    dexter: 115; lena: 94 3. rewrite with a common denominator. 4. compare. 5. answer the question. determine which shows the correct comparison of the ratios for this problem.

Evaluate the expression. (9 + 5)(3 + 2)0