Due to an economic downturn, a company had to decrease its staff from 400 employees to 112 employees. What was the percentage
decrease in staff?

which  best  describes the transformation from the graph of  f(x) =  x2  to the graph of  f(x) = (x  – 3)2  – 1?   left 3 units, down 1 unitleft 3 units, up 1 unitright 3 units, down 1 unit  right 3 units, up 1 unit

The rate of decay of a radioactive substance depends upon the amount present initially. the mass y (mg) of the radioactive substance cobalt-60 present in a sample at time t (years) is represented by the exponential equation y=50e −0.1315 t . answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. how does the exponential equation above compare to the equation for simple interest that is compounded continuously? explain the similarities. 2. what is the initial amount of cobalt-60 in the sample? 2. how much cobalt-60 is left after 8.4 years? show your work. 3. what would be the y-intercept of the graph? what does it represent? 4. after how many years will the amount of cobalt-60 left be 6.25 mg? explain what happens to the cobalt-60 after 50 years? 5. discuss some “real-world” examples and uses of cobalt-60

Players on the school soccer team are selling candles to raise money for an upcoming trip. each player has 24 candles to sell. if a player sells 4 candles a profit of$30 is made. if he sells 12 candles a profit of $70 is made