Hugh bought some magazines that cost $3.95 each and some books that cost $8.95 each. he spent a total of $47.65. if hugh bought 3 magazines, how many books did he buy? the equation that models the problem is 3.95m  + 8.95b  = 47.65, where  m  is the number of magazines and  b  is the number of books.

Hye ryung is the president of the local chapter of the american medical students association (amsa). she is organizing local outreach and informational meetings. at her first meeting there are five people present (including herself). every month after that her group grows by 5 people. a. how many members are in the group after 6 months? b. the logistics of hosting and feeding her group at meetings was more complicated than expected. the cost of feeding 5 people at her first meeting was $30, for 10 people it was $35, for 15 it was $45, and after 6 months all of the costs had added up to $100. write a function to model the cost with the number of people attending meetings. c. what connections can you make between the linear growth of the group’s membership and the increasing costs of running meetings?

The volume of gas a balloon can hold varies directly as the cube of its radius. imagine a balloon with a radius of 3 inches can hold 81 cubic inches of gas. how many cubic inches of gas must be released to reduce the radius down to 2 inches?

What is the graph of the absolute value equation ? y=|x|-5