The commerce department reported receiving the following applications for the malcolm baldrige national quality award: from large manufacturing firms, from large service firms, and from small businesses.
1. is type of business a qualitative or quantitative variable? 2. what percentage of the applications came from small businesses (to 1 decimal)?

(c) the diagram shows the first three shapes of a matchsticks arrangement.first shape = 3second shape = 5third shape = 7given m represents the number of matchstick used to arrange the n'th shape.(i) write a formula to represent the relation between m and n. express m as the subjectof the formula.(ii) 19 matchsticks are used to make the p'th shape. find the value of p.