What is the value of y in the sequence below?

2,y,18,-54,

An automated water dispenser fills packets with one liter of water on average, with a standard deviation of 5 milliliter. the manual says that after a year of operation the dispenser should be tested to see if it needs recalibration. a year later a number of filled packets are set aside and measured separately. it is found that the average packet now contains about 0.995 liters. does the dispenser need calibration? explain your answer.

In triangle △abc, ∠abc=90°, bh is an altitude. find the missing lengths. ah=4 and hc=1, find bh.

In which direction does the left side of the graph of this function point? f(x) = 3x3 - x2 + 4x - 2