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The price of a particular stock is represented by the linear equation , where x represents the number of weeks the stock has been owned and y represents the price of the stock, in dollars. if this relationship continues, what is the price of the stock after it has been owned for 12 weeks? $92.55 $94.37 $100.52 $114.39

How many glue sticks are in a basket containing 96 scissors, if the ratio of glue sticks to scissors is 19 to 57.

Scott’s bank account showed a balance of $750 on sunday. during the next five days, he made one deposit of $140 and numerous withdrawals of $180 each. let x represent the number of withdrawals that scott made. write an inequality that can be used to find the maximum number of withdrawals that scott could have made and maintain a balance of at least $100. do not use a dollar sign ($) in your response.