Allie is playing basketball. She takes a shot 14 ft away from the basket. When the ball is 2 ft away from her, it is at a height of 10 ft above the floor. The ball reaches its highest height of 14 ft above the floor when it is 6 feet away from her. a) Find the value of a.

b) If the hoop is 10 ft high, how close would Allie have to be in order to make the basket?

What is the quotient of m^6/5 ÷ 5/m^2? assume m does not equal pl

Your food costs are $5,500. your total food sales are $11,000. what percent of your food sales do the food costs represent?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?