Jermy was taking a non- calculator quiz in his algebra 1 class. he decided that the expression (2^-1 + 5^0) had a value of 1 1/2. jemrey has the correct value. explain how he found this without the use of a calculator.

Subtract 8 1/6 - 4 5/6 . simplify the answer and write as a mixed number.

There are three bags: a (contains 2 white and 4 red balls), b (8 white, 4 red) and c (1 white 3 red). you select one ball at random from each bag, observe that exactly two are white, but forget which ball came from which bag. what is the probability that you selected a white ball from bag a?

A)a square brown tarp has a square green patch green in the corner the side length of the tarp is (x + 8) and the side length of the patch is x what is the area of the brown part of the tarpb)a square red placemat has a gold square in the corner the side length of the gold square is (x - 2) inches with the width of the red region is 4 in what is the area of the red part of the placemat