Pick the description of a geometric object that best matches the real-world object:

box for a deck of cards

a ) a three-dimensional shape with two similar, parallel rectangular bases and sides that are parallelograms
b ) a three-dimensional shape with two similar, parallel triangular bases and sides that are parallelograms
c ) a three-dimensional geometric shape with two parallel and circular bases and a curved side
d )three-dimensional figure in which all points on the surface are the same distance from the center
e ) a three-dimensional box-shaped figure, with six identical square faces

2a+7+4ahow many terms? how many variables? any like terms? yes noif yes, which ones? what are the coefficients? any constants? yes noif yes, which ones? simplify the expression by combining like terms and constants: how many terms now?

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? praskovya fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. ivan ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. he had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. she was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. to say that ivan ilyich married because he fell in love with praskovya fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. he was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates. so ivan ilyich got married. conforming to social conventions criticism of a middle class lifestyle the destructive impact of loneliness struggling to face reality the necessity of companionship

Subscriptions to a popular fashion magazine have gone down by a consistent percentage each year and can be modeled by the function y = 42,000(0.96)t. what does the value 42,000 represent in the function?