The shadow of an object varies directly with its height. The shadow of a 25 ft tree is 6ft. How long is the shadow of an 18ft tree ?

Jessica is organizing a guided tour of the rain forest. the average profit per person that the touring company makes is given by the rational expression 18x+35/x, where x is the number of people going on the tour. what does the numerator of this rational expression represents?

Afootball quarterback has two more chances to throw a touchdown before his team is forced to punt the ball. he misses the receiver on the first throw 25% of the time. when his first throw is incomplete, he misses the receiver on the second throw 15% of the time. what is the probability of not throwing the ball to a receiver on either throw?

Why does the shape of the distribution of the weights of russet potatoes tend to be symmetrical?