You are flying your dragon kite. It's connected to 40yd of string. The kite is directly above the edge of a pond. The edge of the pond is 36yd from where the kite is tied to the ground. How high is the kite above the edge of the pond?

Can someone factor this fully? my friend and i have two different answers and i would like to know if either of them is right. you in advance. a^2 - b^2 + 25 + 10a

Ascientist places 24 cells in a petri dish. she knows the cells grow at an exponential rate, doubling in number every hour. how long will it take (in hours) for there to be 1100 cells in the dish? time to 1100 cells: 5.51832530 hours how long will it take to reach 110 cells? time to 110 cells : 2.1963972 hours what is the average rate of change in the number of cells between 9 hours and 11 hours? average rate of change: cells per hour what is the instantaneous rate of change after 7 hours? instantaneous rate of change: cells per hour note: you can earn partial credit on this problem.

One file clerk can file 10 folders per minute. a second file clerk can file 11 folders per minute. how many minutes would the two clerks together take to file 672 folders?