2. The cost of a badger is b pence. A raccoon is 5 pence more expensive than a badger and a beaver three times as expensive as a badger. a) What is the cost of a raccoon?
b) What is the cost of the beaver?
c) What is the total cost of a raccoon and 8 beavers?

Raj encoded a secret phrase using matrix multiplication. using a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, and so on, he multiplied the clear text code for each letter by the matrix to get a matrix that represents the encoded text. the matrix representing the encoded text is . what is the secret phrase? determine the location of spaces after you decode the text. yummy is the corn the tomato is red the corn is yummy red is the tomato

Drag each tile to the correct box. not all tiles will be used. consider the recursively defined function below. create the first five terms of the sequence defined by the given function

The value of x in this system of equations is 1. 3x + y = 9 y = –4x + 10 substitute the value of y in the first equation: combine like terms: apply the subtraction property of equality: apply the division property of equality: 3x + (–4x + 10) = 9 –x + 10 = 9 –x = –1 x = 1 what is the value of y?