Completely forgot how to do this.

Aconstruction worker has rope 9 m long he needs to cut it in pieces that are each 3 /5 m long how many such pieces can he cut without having any rope leftover?

Add, subtract, multiply, or divide as indicated. list any restrictions for the variable(s) and simplify the answers when possible. 1) x-2 / x+5 + 3x / 2x-1 2) x+6 / x-6 - x^2 / x+6 3) x+9 / x-4 + x+2 / x^2-11x+28 4) x / x^2-64 + 11 / 2x^2+11x-40 5) 5 / x + 11 / x-3 - x-4 / x^2+2x-15

The population of a bacteria colony grows by a consistent percentage each hour and can be modeled by the function y = 500(1.16)t. what does the value 500 represent in the function?