You want to put a 5 inch thick layer of topsoil for a new 12 ft by 27 ft garden. The dirt store sells by the cubic yard. How many cubic yards will you need to order?

Here is their argument. given the obtuse angle x, we make a quadrilateral abcd with ∠dab = x, and ∠abc = 90◦, and ad = bc. say the perpendicular bisector to dc meets the perpendicular bisector to ab at p. then pa = pb and pc = pd. so the triangles pad and pbc have equal sides and are congruent. thus ∠pad = ∠pbc. but pab is isosceles, hence ∠pab = ∠pba. subtracting, gives x = ∠pad−∠pab = ∠pbc −∠pba = 90◦. this is a preposterous conclusion – just where is the mistake in the "proof" and why does the argument break down there?

Acar dealership pays you 5% commission on your first $10,000 on car sales and 8% commission on the sale amount over $10,000 if you sold a $12,000 car how much is your commission

He mass of a single atom of carbon can be found by dividing the atomic mass (12.01 g) by 6.022 x 10^23. which is the mass of a single carbon atom, correctly written in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures?