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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

The ratio of the height of two similar cylinders is 4 to 3 what is the ratio of their volumes

Ahealth-food producer has 250 samples of a new snack to distribute in the mall. the producer has to keep at least 50 samples for display in the health food for the product launch. how long will the samples last if consumers are taking the samples at a rate of 25 every hour