A bag contains blue marbles and red marbles, 31 in total. The number of blue marbles is 9 less than 3 times the number of red marbles. How many blue marbles are there?

Determine whether the graphs of y=8x+5 and -y=8x-5 are parallel, perpendicular, coincident, or none of these. a. coincident b. parallel c. perpendicular d. none of these

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At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.