Rewrite the expression using the distributive property.
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Given a(-12,5) and b(12,29) find the point that divides the line segment ab three-eighths of the way from a to b

Aparallel system functions whenever at least one of its components works. consider a parallel system of n components, and suppose each component works independently with probability 0.5. find the conditional probability that component n works given that the system is working

Use the normal approximation to the binomial distribution to answer this question. fifteen percent of all students at a large university are absent on mondays. if a random sample of 12 names is called on a monday, what is the probability that four students are absent?