At the beginning of each of her four years in college, Miranda took out a new Stafford loan. Each loan had a principal of $5,500,
interest rate of 7.5% compounded monthly, and a duration of ten years. Miranda paid off each loan by making constant monthly
payments, starting with when she graduated. All of the loans were subsidized. What is the total lifetime cost for Miranda to pay a
her 4 loans? Round each loan's calculation to the nearest cent.
a. $23,650.00
b. $29,481.08
$7,834.32
$31,337.27

Tomas is making trail mix using granola and walnuts. he can spend a total of $12 on the ingredients. he buys 3 pounds of granola that costs $2.00 per pound. the walnuts cost $6 per pound. he uses the equation to represent the total cost, where x represents the number of pounds of granola and y represents the number of pounds of walnuts. he solves the equation for y, the number of pounds of walnuts he can buy. answer- b tomas added 6 to both sides of the equation instead of subtracting 6. just took the test