You are going to a friend's house to watch a movie. If you drive on Street C, the distance is 3 miles. You need to stop at the movie store on Street A. The store is 1 mile from your house. What is the distance you will drive on Street B from the movie store to your friend's house?

Suppose there is a simple index of three stocks, stock abc, stock xyz, and stock qrs. stock abc opens on day 1 with 4000 shares at $3.15 per share. stock xyz opens on day 1 with 5000 shares at $4.30 per share. stock qrs opens on day 1 with 6000 shares at $4.60 per share. the price of stock abc on day 8 begins at $3.50. the price of stock xyz on day 8 begins at $3.90. stock qrs opens on day 8 with a price of $4.50 per share. assume that each stock has the same number of shares that it opened with on day 1. what is the rate of change of this simple index over 1 week?

You paid 28.00 for 8 gallons of gasoline. how much would you pay for 15 gallons of gasoline?

Two friends are reading books. jimmy reads a book with 21,356 words. his friend bob reads a book with one-and-a-half times as many words. which expression represents the number of words bob reads?