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In the figure shown below, m < 40 and ab =8. which equation could be used to find x?

Solve the problem. a student earned grades of c, a, b, and a in four different courses. those courses had these corresponding numbers of credit hours: 4, 5, 1, and 5. the grading system assigns quality points to letter grades as follows: a = 4, b = 3, c = 2, d = 1, and f = 0. compute the grade point average (gpa) and round the result to two decimal places. 3.40 3.50 8.75 2.18

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?