Steve Fossett is approaching the shores of Australia on the first successful solo hot air balloon ride around the world. His balloon, the Bud LightTM Spirit of Freedom, is being escorted by a boat (directly below him) that is 108 meters away. The boat is 144 meters from the shore. How far is Fossett's balloon from the shore?

Asmall (but heavy) particle placed in a glass of water will follow a zigzag motion because the particle will bounce off of the water molecules it meets. this is called brownian motion. a physicist simulates this on a computer, by varying the distance a particle can travel (called the mean free length), on average, before it collides with a water molecule and assigning the change in motion to be one of 8 directions, each with a similar probability. by running the simulated particle (with the same mean free length) many times she determines that it should take 15 seconds, on average, for the particle to fall to the bottom, with a standard deviation of 1.5 seconds. next she lets a real particle fall through a glass of water and finds that it took 18 seconds. what does she conclude, and why?

Acoin bank containing only dimes and quarters has 12 more dimes than quarters. the total value of the coins is $11. how many quarters and dimes are in the coin bank?

Look at triangle wxy what is the length (in centimeters) of the side wy of the triangle?