Solve by elimination:
4x+7y =8
-8x -14y= 5

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?

Abakery recorded the number of muffins and bagels it sold for a seven day period. for the data presented, what does the value of 51 summarize? a) mean of bagels b) mean of muffins c) range of bagels d) range of muffins sample # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 muffins 61 20 32 58 62 61 56 bagels 34 45 43 42 46 72 75

The height above the ground (in feet) of a ball dropped from the top of a 30-foot-tall building after t seconds is given by the polynomial: ? 16t^2+30 what is the height of the ball after 1/2 second?