explain how estimating the whole- number quotient helps you place the first digit in the whole number quotient of a division problem

Given the equation f(x)=a(b)x where the initial value is 40 and the growth rate is 20% what is f(4)

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

Sarah took the advertising department from her company on a round trip to meet with a potential client. including sarah a total of 11 people took the trip. she was able to purchase coach tickets for $280 and first class tickets for $1280. she used her total budget for airfare for the trip, which was $6080. how many first class tickets did she buy? how many coach tickets did she buy?