Why is it not a valid conlussion to say that basketball is better than football

You can model the population of a certain city between 1955-2000 by the radical function p(x)=55,000 sqrt x-1945. using this model, in which year was the population of that city 220,000

Sanya noticed that the temperature was falling at a steady rate of 1.4 degrees every hour from the time that she first checked her outdoor thermometer. by 6 a.m., the temperature had fallen 21 degrees. which expression can you use to find how many hours earlier she had first checked the thermometer?

1) you deposit $2,500 in an account that earns 4% simple interest. how much do you earn in eight years?