How are the functions f(x) = 16x and g(x) = 16 1/2x related?

Jessica is organizing a guided tour of the rain forest. the average profit per person that the touring company makes is given by the rational expression 18x+35/x, where x is the number of people going on the tour. what does the numerator of this rational expression represents?

Julie begins counting backwards from 1000 by 2’s and at the same time tony begins counting forward from 100 by 3’s.   if they count at the same rate, what number will they say at the same time?

Pamela has a 30-year, 5.75% mortgage on her $250,000 home. she has been paying on it for 5 years, and has recently hit some financial trouble. if her lender agreed to lower the interest rate on her $231,905.47 balance to 5.5%, what will her new payment be for the remainder of the loan?