Jackie's Junk to Treasures store charges $0.55 per pound to ship a bag of "surprise" junk. Part A: Write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of junk.

Then, use your equation to determine the cost of shipping 2 pounds of junk. (6 points)

Part B: If the company reduces the cost to ship junk by $0.05 per pound, write an equation to determine the total cost, c, to ship p pounds of junk with the reduced cost.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation