Describe your strategy for rewriting a word problem in the form of an equation

George is folding a piece of paper to make an origami figure. each time he folds the paper, the thickness of the paper is doubled. the paper starts out flat, with a thickness of 1 millimeter. a. write a list of six ordered pairs showing the output as the thickness of the paper when the input is the number of times it is folded. explain how you came up with your ordered pairs. b. is this relation a function? explain why or why not using the ordered pairs you came up with in part a.

Trish receives $450 on the first of each month. josh receives $450 on the last day of each month. both trish and josh will receive payments for next four years. at a discount rate of 9.5 percent, what is the difference in the present value of these two sets of payments?

Steve wants to develop a way to find the total cost of any item including sales tax. the sales tax in his city is 6%. his friend jenna writes the expression x + 6x where x is the cost of the item. explain whether her expression is correct based on the situation.