A woman was painting her nails before going out to dinner. Before she started, she realized that she could take no more than 20 minutes to finish. If it takes 0.23 minutes to paint each nail, and the paint takes 15 minutes to dry, then what is the maximum amount of nails she will be able to paint before time runs out?

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