Is a common external tangent to circles w and y. what is the distance between the two centers of the circles? round to the nearest hundredth. (hint: draw segment connecting the centers of the two circles, and then draw a segment, , so that ys + sz = yz and .)

Here is their argument. given the obtuse angle x, we make a quadrilateral abcd with ∠dab = x, and ∠abc = 90◦, and ad = bc. say the perpendicular bisector to dc meets the perpendicular bisector to ab at p. then pa = pb and pc = pd. so the triangles pad and pbc have equal sides and are congruent. thus ∠pad = ∠pbc. but pab is isosceles, hence ∠pab = ∠pba. subtracting, gives x = ∠pad−∠pab = ∠pbc −∠pba = 90◦. this is a preposterous conclusion – just where is the mistake in the "proof" and why does the argument break down there?

An eight-sided die, which may or may not be a fair die, has four colors on it; you have been tossing the die for an hour and have recorded the color rolled for each toss. what is the probability you will roll a brown on your next toss of the die? express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to four decimal places.

What is the binomial expansion of (2x-3)^5