Cindy has a rectangular patio that is 20 feet wide and 40 feet long. She plans to expand her patio by increasing both dimension by a factor of
0.25. Enter the area, in square feet, of Cindy's expanded patio.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation