Tom used 5/8 yard of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite. he cut the length of ribbon into equal pieces that were 1/12 yard long. how many pieces, each 1/12 yard long, did tom cut from the 5/8 yard ribbon?

Sam makes his sales calls according to a pattern. he travels either north or south depending on the calendar. some of his past trips were as follows: on february 17, april 24, june 10, september 19, and november 3 he drove north. on february 28, may 25, august 22, november 20, and december 18, he drove south. describe sams' pattern. in which direction will sam drive on oct4 and oct 24?

Suppose the equation ||x-a|-b|=2008 has 3 distinct real roots and a not =0. find the value of b.

Maria heard on the radio that the high temperature that day would be to determine the temperature in degrees celsius, she used the formula , where c is the temperature in degrees celsius and f is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.