Mary’s yard is a mess. she needs to hire someone to prune her trees and shrubs. a landscaping service she calls quotes her a price of $15 consultation fee plus $8 an hour for the actual work. marys neighbor has offered to her out. she doesn’t charge a consultation fee, but does charge $10 an hour for her work. who do u think mary should hire for a 3 hour job? when, if all would it be more economical to hire the other service. (set up and solve a system of equations to answer this question.)

Solve the problem by making up an equation. a child is 12 years old, and his father is 32 years older. in how many years will the age of the father be 3 times the age of the child?

Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr jekyll and mr. hyde what do dr. jekyll's thoughts reveal about him in this excerpt? [t]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber, and i determined, flushed as i was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. i crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, i could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to he is jealous of those who can sleep through the night. he is revered for his scientific advances. he is interested in studying the movements of the stars he is proud and enthusiastic about his initial results.

Ellen makes and sells bookmarks. she graphs the number of bookmarks sold compared to the total money earned. why is the rate of change for the function graphed to the left?