The surf instructor has an initial fee of $12 and charges $8 per hour for lessons, which is represented by the equation y = 8x + 12, where x is the number of hours and y is the total cost. the instructor gives 32 hours of lessons a month to sandra and 24 hours of lessons a month to bela. what is the total amount the instructor makes in a month?

The sat and act tests use very different grading scales. the sat math scores follow a normal distribution with mean 518 and standard deviation of 118. the act math scores follow a normal distribution with mean 20.7 and standard deviation of 5. suppose regan scores a 754 on the math portion of the sat. how much would her sister veronica need to score on the math portion of the act to meet or beat regan's score?