The population of Somewhere, USA was estimated to be 243,200 in 2004, with an expected increase of 2.2% per year. At the percent of increase given, what was the expected population in 2005? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Hardest math question of all time can you solve the equation. check for extraneous solutions.9∣9-8x∣ = 2x+3

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?

An architect builds a model of a park in the shape of a rectangle. the model is 40.64 centimeters long and 66.04 centimeters wide. one inch equals 2.54 centimeters. use the ratio table to find the ratio of the length to the sum of the length and width in inches and in simplest form. length 40.64 width 66.04 a. 8: 21 b. 13: 21 c. 21: 13 d. 21: 8