What conic section does the equation y2 – x + 2y – 2 = 0 represent?

You love to play soccer! you make a shot at the net 8 times during a game! of those 8 attempts, you score twice. what percent of the time did you score?

Thales was an ancient philosopher familiar with similar triangles. one story about him says that he found the height of a pyramid by measuring its shadow and his own shadow at the same time. if the person is 5-ft tall, what is the height of the pyramid in the drawing?

Marcus and cody both leave the park at the same time, but in opposite directions. if cody travels 6 mph faster than marcus and after 4 hours they are 64 miles apart, how fast is each traveling? solve using rare times time = distance.