A number, x, is 4 times another number, y. The difference between the two numbers is 18. What is the value of the larger number?

Suppose that 3% of all athletes are using the endurance-enhancing hormone epo (you should be able to simply compute the percentage of all athletes that are not using epo). for our purposes, a “positive” test result is one that indicates presence of epo in an athlete’s bloodstream. the probability of a positive result, given the presence of epo is .99. the probability of a negative result, when epo is not present, is .90. what is the probability that a randomly selected athlete tests positive for epo? 0.0297

Asporting good store is offering 30 percent off of the original price(x) of football cleats. the discount will be reduced by an another $7 before sales tax.

Atown has a population of 12000 and grows at 3.5% every year. what will be the population after 7 years, to the nearest whole number?