Which of the following statement is NOT true about the principal square root of a number? * A. Roots can be irrational.
B. Roots may not be real.
C. Roots cannot be zero.
D. Roots can be negative.

99 points at a zoo, the leopard pen has a ring-shaped sidewalk around it. the outer edge of the sidewalk is a circle with a radius of 12 m. the inner edge of the sidewalk is a circle with a radius of 8 m. (1 point for showing all of your work) a. write and simplify an expression for the exact area of the sidewalk. (1 point for the answer) b. find the approximate area of the sidewalk. use 3.14 to approximate π. (1 point for the answer)

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

James is playing his favorite game at the arcade. after playing the game 3 times, he has 8 tokens remaining. he initially had 20 tokens, and the game costs the same number of tokens each time. the number t of tokens james has is a function of g, the number of games he plays. write the function’s formula? t=