Zoe takes out a $5,155 loan at a rate of 3 7/8%
per year, compounded annually. She does not plan to start paying back the loan for 3.5 years. Which of the following is the closest to the total amount she owes after 3.5 years?

Two lines parallel to a third line are parallel to each other. always sometimes or never

You drop a rubber ball off the roof of a 50 meter high building onto a paved parking lot. it bounces back up with every bounce, but not quite all the way back up to you. after the first bounce it bounces back only 80 percent of the distance it was dropped from. the pattern continues, meaning after every bounce it comes up to just 80 percent of the previous maximum height. so if before the first bounce the height is 50 meters, what height does the ball reach after the fifth bounce? round your answer to one decimal place and chose the correct response from the choices below:

Apositive number a or the same number a increased by 50% and then decreased by 50% of the result?