What is the sum of an 8-term geometric series if the first term is -11, the last term is 180, 224, and the common ratio is -4

Rachel reads 1/5 of the pages of a book plus 12 pages on the first day. on the second day, she reads 1/4 of the remaining pages plus 15 pages. on the third day, she reads 1/3 of the remaining pages plus 18 pages. on the fourth day, she reads the remaining 70 pages. how many total pages are in the book?

Expresa commuter train leaves downtown sation and travels at a average speed of 55 miles per hour towards the north side sation, which is 50miles away. thirty minutes later, express commuter train #7 leaves north side and travels at a average speed of 35miles per hour towards downtown sation. at the moment the two trains pass each other, how far(in miles) is train #12 from the downtown sation and how long(in minutes) has the #12 train been traveling

Clarence wants to buy a new car. he finds an ad for a car that costs 27,200 dollars. suppose his local sales tax is 7%. -how much would he have to pay? -what is the cost of the car including tax? -if clarence has 29,864 saved, can he pay cash to buy the car?