Solve each system by elimination.
6x - 2y=8
12x -6y= 18

Dropping less than two inches per mile after emerging from the mountains, a river drains into the ocean. one day's discharge at its mouth, 5.6 trillion gallons, could supply all of country a's households for seven months. based on this statement, determine how much water an average household uses each month. assume that there are 100 million households in country a. country a uses approximately nothing gallons per household per month.

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

An investment decreases in value by 30% in the first year and decreases by 40% in the second year. what is the percent decrease in percentage in the investment after two years