Brendan has six less than five times the number of pencils that Riley has. Let p represent the number of pencils Riley has. Write an algebraic expression that represents the number of pencils Brendan has in terms of p, the number of pencils that Riley has.

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.

Write the pair of fractions as a pair of fractions with a common denominator

Identify the number as a rational or irrational.explain. 127