Arental car company charges $0.50 per mile and a flat rate of $30.00 for any type of sedan. if  m  represents the number of miles driven and  c(m) represents the total cost for renting a sedan, what is the linear equation that represents a cost of $130?

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.

Angie has saved 3/8 of the amount she needs to buy a bike. clive has saved 7/10 of the amount he needs to buy a skateboard. what is the difference between clive's and angie's fraction of savings?

There are 85 apples on the big tree, john picked out 15%. how many did john pick out?