Amy spent $48 for shoes. This was $16 less than twice what she spent for a shirt. Which equation, when solved for x, gives the cost of the shirt?
A) 2x − 16 = 48
B) 2x + 16 = 48
C) 2x − 48 = 16
D) 2x + 48 = 16

You drop a rubber ball off the roof of a 50 meter high building onto a paved parking lot. it bounces back up with every bounce, but not quite all the way back up to you. after the first bounce it bounces back only 80 percent of the distance it was dropped from. the pattern continues, meaning after every bounce it comes up to just 80 percent of the previous maximum height. so if before the first bounce the height is 50 meters, what height does the ball reach after the fifth bounce? round your answer to one decimal place and chose the correct response from the choices below:

Aswimming pool measures 22ft by 12ft and is 4ft deep. if the pool is being filled at 2.5 cubic ft per minute, how long will it take to fill the pool?

Carl's candies has determined that a candy bar measuring 3 inches long has a z-score of +1 and a candy bar measuring 3.75 inches long has a z-score of +2. what is the standard deviation of the length of candy bars produced at carl's candies?