Dan perkins goat is attached to the corner of the 14-foot-by-7-foot pump house by a 14-foot length of rope. the goat eats the grass around the pump house as shown in the diagram. this pattern consists of three-fourths of a circle of radius 14 feet and one-fourth of a circle of radius 7 feet. what area of grass can dan perkins goat eat? use 3.14 as an approximate value

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation