Lamont designs a survey of town residents in an attempt to predict who will be elected mayor. He chooses his sample of 500 people from the town’s 40,000 residents by asking his question to every person leaving the public library on a Saturday. Which suggestion would most improve Lamont’s random sample? Lamont should sample only adults.
Lamont should sample only registered voters.
Lamont should decrease the sample size.
Lamont should ask every fifth person.

Aline parallel to a triangle's side splits ab into lengths of x - 5 and x + 2. the other side, ac, is split into lengths of x and x + 12. what is the length of ac? a) 12 b) 24 c) 36 d)

How many kilometers are equal to 5 miles? use 1 mile ≈ 1.61 kilometers. !

Grace is standing 18 feet from a lighthouse and kelly is standing 10 feet from grace. the angle that grace looks up to see the top of the lighthouse is 45°. the angle that kelly looks up to see the top of the lighthouse is y°. find the height, h, of the lighthouse. find the angle, rounded to the nearest tenth of a degree, in which kelly looks up to the top of the lighthouse. to the nearest tenth of a degree, find the value of x° . in two or more sentences, explain your calculations