A lot of plastic straws find their way into the oceans each year. Approximately 8.3x10° plastic straws will find their way into the oceans in a single year. If each straw weighs
9.3x104 pounds, then how much plastic is entering the Earth's oceans per year just in plastic
straws? Show your calculation. Express your answer both in scientific notation and in
standard decimal form.

What is an equation of the line that passes through the point (-2,3) and is parallel to the line whose equations is y=3/2x-4? i am stuck between y=3/2x or y=3/2x+6 : (

Jack has a piece of red ribbon that is two times as long as his piece of blue ribbon. he says that he can use two different equation to find out how long his piece of red ribbon is compared to his piece of blue ribbon is. is he correct? explain his reasoning

Someone answer this asap rn for ! a discount store’s prices are 25% lower than department store prices. the function c(x) = 0.75x can be used to determine the cost c, in dollars, of an item, where x is the department store price, in dollars. if the item has not sold in one month, the discount store takes an additional 20% off the discounted price and an additional $5 off the total purchase. the function d(y) = 0.80y - 5 can be used to find d, the cost, in dollars, of an item that has not been sold for a month, where y is the discount store price, in dollars. create a function d(c(x)) that represents the final price of an item when a costumer buys an item that has been in the discount store for a month. d(c(x)) =