The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 145 units. The length of one leg of the triangle is 144. Mike wrote the following step to find the length of the unknown leg: Length of the unknown leg = 1452 − 1442 = 21,025 − 20,736 = 289 units Which statement best explains whether Mike's step is correct or incorrect?

White shapes and black shapes are used in a game. some of the shapes are circles. while the rest are squares. the ratio of the number of white shapes to the number of black shapes is 5: 11. the ratio of the number of white cicrles to the number of white squares is 3: 7. the ratio of the number of black circles to the number of black squres is 3: 8. work out what fraction of all the shapes are circles.

Alocal hamburger shop sold a combined total of 601 hamburgers and cheeseburgers on friday. there were 51 more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. how many hamburgers were sold on friday? a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of hamburgers and cheeseburgers on friday. there were more cheeseburgers sold than hamburgers. how many hamburgers were sold on friday?

Will positive numbers always have a higher absolute value than negative numbers?