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Imagine a new pasture with grass growing on it. every day after the seeds have germinated, the number of blades of grass in the pasture triples. after 18 days, the entire pasture is completely covered in grass. how many days did it take for the pasture to be one-third covered in grass?

Factor completely. 4p^2 + 36p + 81 express the answer in the form (ap + b)^2

Rockwell hardness of pins of a certain type is known to have a mean value of 50 and a standard deviation of 1.1. (round your answers to four decimal places.) (a) if the distribution is normal, what is the probability that the sample mean hardness for a random sample of 8 pins is at least 51?