You're buying flower pots with your grandmother for her garden. clay pots hold 2 pounds of dirt and ceramic pots hold 7 pounds. you bought 5 pots that hold a total of 20 pounds. how many of each did you buy?

In a recent basketball game between the storm and the chargers, the number of points scored by the storm in the first half was equal to the number of points scored by the chargers in the second half of the game. in the first half, the storm scored 64 points, which is one - third of the total points that were scored during the game. during the second half, the chargers scored 16 points more than one - fourth the points scored in the game. you want to know how many total points that were scored during the game. 1. write an equation that models this situation. then, solve the equation. 2. how many total points were scored during the game? explain your reasoning. 3. does your answer make sense? justify your reasoning.

If $740 is invested at an interest rate of 11% per year and is compounded continuously, how much will the investment be worth in 7 years? use the continuous compound interest formula a = pert.

Solve each quadratic equation by factoring and using the zero product property. 14x - 49 = x^2