A stack of books is 35 inches high. If each book is 1 3/4 inches thick, how many books are in the stack?

An automated water dispenser fills packets with one liter of water on average, with a standard deviation of 5 milliliter. the manual says that after a year of operation the dispenser should be tested to see if it needs recalibration. a year later a number of filled packets are set aside and measured separately. it is found that the average packet now contains about 0.995 liters. does the dispenser need calibration? explain your answer.

The price of a car has been reduced from $19,000 to $11,590. what is the percentage decrease of the price of the car?

The bottom of ignacio's desktop is 74.5cm from the floor. ignacio's sits in his adjustable chair, and the tops of his legs are 49.3cm from the floor. each clockwise rotation of the knob on the chair raises ignacio's legs by 4.8cm. write an inequality to determine the number of clockwise rotations, r, ignacio could make with the knob without his legs touching the desk