Before polishing, a steel plate was 2.342 inches thick. After polishing, it was 2.087 inches thick. How much was removed in polishing?

Jackie bought a bag of oranges. she used 3/8 of the oranges to make orange juice. she used 1/3 of the oranges to make a fruit salad. she put 1/8 of the oranges in a bowl on the table. she put 2/12 of the oranges in the refrigerator. a) jackie left more oranges on the table than she put in the refrigerator. b) jackie used fewer oranges to make orange juice than she left on the table. c) jackie put fewer oranges in the refrigerator than she used to make the fruit salad. eliminate d) jackie used more oranges to make a fruit salad than she used to make orange juice.

Each cookie sells for $0.50 sam spent $90 on baking supplies and each cookie cost $0.25 to make how many cookies does sam need to sell before making a profit formula: sales> cost

Prove that the value of the expression 7^8–7^7+7^6 is divisible by 43.