A certain oil field contains 10 wells which produce 240 barrels of oil each per day. For each additional well that is drilled, the average production per well decreases by 12 barrels per day. How many additional wells should be drilled to obtain the maximum amount of oil per day.

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