Rachel invested $15,000 in a nine-year cd giving 8.5% interest, but needed to withdraw $4,000 after two years. if the cd's penalty for withdrawal was six months' worth of interest on the amount withdrawn, how much money did rachel have when the cd reached maturity, not including the amount she withdrew? round answer to the nearest whole dollar.
a.
$19,925
b.
$8,795
c.
$19,795
d.
$12,965

In a recent basketball game between the storm and the chargers, the number of points scored by the storm in the first half was equal to the number of points scored by the chargers in the second half of the game. in the first half, the storm scored 64 points, which is one - third of the total points that were scored during the game. during the second half, the chargers scored 16 points more than one - fourth the points scored in the game. you want to know how many total points that were scored during the game. 1. write an equation that models this situation. then, solve the equation. 2. how many total points were scored during the game? explain your reasoning. 3. does your answer make sense? justify your reasoning.

Abox contains 1 plain pencil and 4 pens. a second box contains 5 color pencils and 5 crayons. one item from each box is chosen at random. what is the probability that a plain pencil from the first box and a color pencil from the second box are selected? write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

What numbers are included in the set of integers? what numbers are not included?