the reflecting dish of a parabola microphone has a cross-section in the shape of a parabola. the microphone itself is placed on the focus of the parabola. if the parabola is 24 inches wide and 9 inches deep, how far from the vertex should the vertex be placed?

Im gonna fail 7th grade selective breeding 1. creates offspring which are genetically identical to the parent 2. is the process of breeding only organisms with desirable traits 3. involves the removal of the nucleus of a cell 4. combines traits from organisms of different species

Needmax recorded the heights of 500 male humans. he found that the heights were normally distributed around a mean of 177 centimeters. which statements about max’s data must be true? a) the median of max’s data is 250 b) more than half of the data points max recorded were 177 centimeters. c) a data point chosen at random is as likely to be above the mean as it is to be below the mean. d) every height within three standard deviations of the mean is equally likely to be chosen if a data point is selected at random.

About 9% of th population is hopelessly romantic. if 2 people are randomly selected from the population, what is the probability that at least 1 person is hopelessly romantic?