The expression shown in red represents how many hockey pucks and hockey sticks come in one gym set. The expression shown in blue shows how many come in 3 sets. Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements below to compare the values of the two expressions.

12 + 2
3(12 + 2)

Look at the following graph of the given equation. determine whether the equation is a function. explain why or why not.

The average number of vehicles waiting in line to enter a parking lot can be modeled by the function f left parenthesis x right x squared over 2 left parenthesis 1 minus x right parenthesis endfraction , where x is a number between 0 and 1 known as the traffic intensity. find the rate of change of the number of vehicles waiting with respect to the traffic intensity for the intensities (a) xequals0.3 and (b) xequals0.6.

Mickey needs to cut pieces of ribbon that are each 1 meter long tie onto balloons. if he has 8 pieces of ribbon that are each 1 dekameter long. how many 1 meter pieces of ribbon can he cut