Rita's company reimburses her expenses on food, lodging, and conveyance during business trips. the company pays $55 a day for food and lodging and $0.45 for each mile traveled. rita drove 300 miles and was reimbursed $2,335. part a. create an equation that will determine the number of days x on the trip part b. solve this equation justifying each step with an algebraic property of equality. part c. how many days did rita spend on this trip? (1 point)

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.