12. lucy and mike work in a factory where they wrap and pack plates into boxes so the plates
can be shipped to stores. each box contains 24 plates. lucy packs 5 plates every minute.
mike packs 180 plates in hour.
who packs plates at a faster rate: show your work and explain your reasoning.

Browning labs is testing a new growth inhibitor for a certain type of bacteria. the bacteria naturally grows exponentially each hour at a rate of 6.2%. the researchers know that the inhibitor will make the growth rate of the bacteria less than or equal to its natural growth rate. the sample currently contains 100 bacteria.the container holding the sample can hold only 300 bacteria, after which the sample will no longer grow. however, the researchers are increasing the size of the container at a constant rate allowing the container to hold 100 more bacteria each hour. they would like to determine the possible number of bacteria in the container over time.create a system of inequalities to model the situation above, and use it to determine how many of the solutions are viable.

10 ! a train starts from grand city and travels toward belleville 388 miles away. at the same time, a train starts from belleville and runs at the rate of 47 miles per hour toward grand city. they pass each other 4 hours later. find the rate of the train from grand city.

Agarden consists of an apple tree, a pear tree, cauliflowers, and heads of cabbage. there are 40 vegetables in the garden. 24 of them are cauliflowers. what is the ratio of the number of cauliflowers to the number of heads of cabbage?