Sickle-cell disease is a painful disorder of the red blood cells that in the United States affects mostly African Americans. To investigate whether the drug hydroxyurea can reduce the pain associated with sickle-cell disease, a study by the National Institutes of Health gave the drug to 150 sickle-cell sufferers and a placebo to another 150 sufferers. The researchers then counted the number of episodes of pain reported by each subject. What is the response variable in this study?

1. The presence of sickle-cell disease
2. The drug hydroxyurea
3. The number of red blood cells
4. The Number of episodes of pain

Consider a cube that has sides of length l. now consider putting the largest sphere you can inside this cube without any point on the sphere lying outside of the cube. the volume ratio -volume of the sphere/ volume of the cube is 1. 5.2 × 10−1 2. 3.8 × 10−1 3. 1.9 4. 2.5 × 10−1 5. 3.8

Aculture started with 4,000 bacteria. after 5 hours, it grew to 5,200 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 19 hours. round your answer to the nearest whole number.

After a dreary day of rain, the sun peeks through the clouds and a rainbow forms. you notice the rainbow is the shape of a parabola. the equation for this parabola is y = -x2 + 36. graph of a parabola opening down at the vertex 0 comma 36 crossing the x–axis at negative 6 comma 0 and 6 comma 0. in the distance, an airplane is taking off. as it ascends during take-off, it makes a slanted line that cuts through the rainbow at two points. create a table of at least four values for the function that includes two points of intersection between the airplane and the rainbow. analyze the two functions. answer the following reflection questions in complete sentences. what is the domain and range of the rainbow? explain what the domain and range represent. do all of the values make sense in this situation? why or why not? what are the x- and y-intercepts of the rainbow? explain what each intercept represents. is the linear function you created with your table positive or negative? explain. what are the solutions or solution to the system of equations created? explain what it or they represent. create your own piecewise function with at least two functions. explain, using complete sentences, the steps for graphing the function. graph the function by hand or using a graphing software of your choice (remember to submit the graph).