PERMUTATIONS& COMBINATIONS

Find the number of different ways in which the 9 letters of the word TOADSTOOL can be arranged so that the Ts are not together. [4marks]

Ascientist places 24 cells in a petri dish. she knows the cells grow at an exponential rate, doubling in number every hour. how long will it take (in hours) for there to be 1100 cells in the dish? time to 1100 cells: 5.51832530 hours how long will it take to reach 110 cells? time to 110 cells : 2.1963972 hours what is the average rate of change in the number of cells between 9 hours and 11 hours? average rate of change: cells per hour what is the instantaneous rate of change after 7 hours? instantaneous rate of change: cells per hour note: you can earn partial credit on this problem.

Manuela solved the equation below. what is the solution to manuela’s equation?

Crickets can jump with a vertical velocity of up to 14 ft/s. which equation models the height of such a jump, in feet, after t seconds? h(t) = –16t2 + v0t + h0 h(t) = –16t2 + v0t + 14 h(t) = –16t2 + 14t h(t) = –16t2 + 14t + 14 what is the maximum height the cricket reaches? round to the nearest thousandth. h = feet