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The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation

Tim has obtained a 3/27 balloon mortgage. after the initial period, he decided to refinance the balloon payment with a new 30-year mortgage. how many years will he be paying for his mortgage in total?

The ideal weight of a nickel is 0.176 ounce. to check that there are 40 nickels in a roll, a bank weighs the roll and allows for an error of 0.015 ounce in total weight