Ms. Rhodes purchased 8 pounds of potatoes for $18.08. At this rate, what is the cost per pound of potatoes? Use a proportion to solve. include how you did this work <3

When you arrive at the lake, your friend realises he hasn’t got any swimming trunks. you need to ride to a sports shop. the sports shop is 8350 metres away. how many metres is it to cycle there and back?

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.

Suppose the equation ||x-a|-b|=2008 has 3 distinct real roots and a not =0. find the value of b.