1. A rectangular piece of metal is 3 centimeters wide and 8 centimeters long. What is its area? Area = length x width

Consider the polynomials given below. p(x) = x4 + 3x3 + 2x2 – x + 2 q(x) = (x3 + 2x2 + 3)(x2 – 2) determine the operation that results in the simplified expression below. 35 + x4 – 573 - 3x2 + x - 8 a. p+q b. pq c.q-p d. p-q

Consider the sequence below. 3 , 1 , 1/3 , 1/9 , select the explicit function which defines the sequence.

Calculate the mean value (expected value) of the following discrete variable x (10 points): x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 p(x) = 0.2, 0.2, 0.15, 0.15, 0.15, 0.1, 0.05