Write a short paragraph explaining at least one experience how math has been applied during your spring break.

One hectometer is a) 1/1000 of a meter. b) 1/100 of a meter. c) 10 meters. d) 100 meters. e) 1000 meters.

In a test for esp (extrasensory perception), a subject is told that cards only the experimenter can see contain either a star, a circle, a wave, or a square. as the experimenter looks at each of 20 cards in turn, the subject names the shape on the card. a subject who is just guessing has probability 0.25 of guessing correctly on each card. a. the count of correct guesses in 20 cards has a binomial distribution. what are n and p? b. what is the mean number of correct guesses in 20 cards for subjects who are just guessing? c. what is the probability of exactly 5 correct guesses in 20 cards if a subject is just guessing?

The length of a rectangle plus its width is 24 cm. the area is 143 square cm. what are the length and width of the rectangle?