Mr. Johnson instructed his students to use the Pythagorean Theorem to draw a line that is precisely 13−−√ units long from the star to another grid point. The dots are one unit apart.

Using right triangles to determine the distance, how many different lines could Mr. Johnson’s students create without going off the paper?
A
3

B
4

C
6

D
8

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation