Alice practices the piano 3/4 hour everyday. today she practiced for 1/2 hour longer than usual. how long did alice practice piano today?

What is the equation of the parabola with focus (-1,-1) and directrix y=1?

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version.gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear.i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend,do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."

There are 1872 steps in a building that has 104 floors. each floor has the same number of steps. a second building has the same number of floors but 2 fewer steps between each floor. how many steps are there between each floor of the second building?