Ahmed was studying the shapes of quartz crystals, one of which he outlined below.

A figure can be broken into a parallelogram and triangle. The parallelogram has a base of 3 feet and height of 5 feet. The triangle has a base of 3 feet and height of 2 feet.

What is the area of the quartz crystal he was studying, in square feet?

Feet squared

Kevin is an insurance salesman. when he sells a policy, he makes 20 percent of the policy premium (p) up front; then each year the policy is active, he receives 15 percent of the original premium. which equation could be used to figure his total commission on a policy that has been active for five years? c=0.80p c=0.20p + 0.15p c=0.35p + 4(0.15) c=0.95p

How many days was the temperature above 90 degrees?

Refer to interactive solution 17.45 to review a method by which this problem can be solved. the fundamental frequencies of two air columns are the same. column a is open at both ends, while column b is open at only one end. the length of column a is 0.504 m. what is the length of column b?