Evaluate the summation of 20 times 0.5 to the n minus 1 power, from n equals 3 to 12..

Gretchen is setting up for a banquet. she has 300 chairs and needs to distribute them evenly among t tables. how many chairs should she put at each table? write your answer as an expression.

Four airplanes carrying a total of 400 passengersarrive at the detroit airport. the airplanes carry, respectively,50, 80, 110, and 160 passengers.a) one of the 400 passengers is selected uniformly at random.let x denote the number of passengers that were on theairplane carrying the randomly selected passenger. find var(x)for x as given in the problemb) one of the 4 airplane drivers is also selected uniformly atrandom. let y denote the number of passengers on the chosen driver’s airplane. find var(y) for y as given in the problem

3questions show how you solved the problem 1. subtract & simplify (–y2 – 4y – 8) – (–4y2 – 6y + 3) 2.multiply and simplify 2x2y3z2 · 4xy4x2 3.multiply and simplify (x – 4) (x2 – 5x – 6)