A straw is placed inside a rectangular box that is 2 inches by 8 inches by 5 inches, as shown. If the straw fits exactly into the box diagonally from the bottom left corner to the top right back corner, how long is the straw? Leave your answer in simplest radical form.

In the final round of trivia competition, contestants were asked to name as many states that begin with the letter m as they could in 15 seconds. the bar graph shows the number of states the contestants were able to name. how many contestants participated in the final round of the competition? a) 6 b) 8 c) 14 d) 20

Ben bowled 124 and 188 in his first two games. what must he bowl in his third game to have an average of at least 160?

To which sets of numbers does -12 belong? choose all answers that are correct. a) natural numbers b) integers c) real numbers d) irrational numbers