11. a package of poster board usually sells for $9.85. this week the package is on sale for $5.45.
what is the percent of discount?

Find the area of the triangle formed by the origin and the points of intersection of parabolas y=−3x^2+20 and y=x^2−16.

9.4.34  question   to estimate the height of a stone  figure, an observer holds a small square up to her eyes and walks backward from the figure. she stops when the bottom of the figure aligns with the bottom edge of the  square, and when the top of the figure aligns with the top edge of the square. her eye level is 1.811.81 m from the ground. she is 3.703.70 m from the figure. what is the height of the figure to the nearest hundredth of a  meter?

Two poles, ab and ed, are fixed to the ground with the of ropes ac and ec, as shown: what is the approximate distance, in feet, between the two poles? 6.93 feet 8.66 feet 12.32 feet 15.59 feet