Earl Ezekiel wants to retire in San Diego when he is 65 years old. Earl is now 52. He believes he will need $380,000 to retire comfortably. To date, Earl has set aside no retirement money. Assume Earl gets 10% interest compounded semiannually. How much must Earl invest today to meet his $380,000 goal? (Use the Table provided.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

Write the expression in simplified radical form. show all steps and work including any foil method work. (hint: use the conjugate. no decimal answers.) (9-2√3)/(12+√3)

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates. so ivan ilyich got married. conforming to social conventions criticism of a middle class lifestyle the destructive impact of loneliness struggling to face reality the necessity of companionship

For each polynomial, determine the degree and write the polynomial in descending order. a. –4x^2 – 12 + 11x^4 b. 2x^5 + 14 – 3x^4 + 7x + 3x^3