Simplify (3a^4-2a^2+5-10)-(2a^4+4a^2+5a-2)

In the equations, a and b represent the price per night for a room in hotel a and hotel b, respectively, w weeks after september 1 last autumn. what was the price per night in hotel a when it was equal to the price per night in hotel b? a = 240 − 20w b = 320 − 30w

Lisa has three classes that each last 50 minutes. what is the total number of minutes of the three classes

Amachine that produces a special type of transistor (a component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. the production is considered a random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) what is the probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect? (b) what is the probability that the machine produces no defective transistors in a batch of 100? (c) on average, how many transistors would you expect to be produced before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (d) another machine that also produces transistors has a 5% defective rate where each transistor is produced independent of the others. on average how many transistors would you expect to be produced with this machine before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (e) based on your answers to parts (c) and (d), how does increasing the probability of an event a↵ect the mean and standard deviation of the wait time until success?