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ATTACHMENT Please Help

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Answer 1

Answer:

8.55 × [tex]10^{7}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

7.9 × [tex]10^{7}[/tex] + 6.5 × [tex]10^{6}[/tex] ( factor out [tex]10^{6}[/tex] )

= [tex]10^{6}[/tex]( 7.9 × [tex]10^{1}[/tex] + 6.5)

= [tex]10^{6}[/tex](79 + 6.5)

= [tex]10^{6}[/tex] × 85.5

= [tex]10^{6}[/tex] × 8.55 × [tex]10^{1}[/tex]

= 8.55 × [tex]10^{7}[/tex]


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Simplify -(x-2y) - y.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

x(x-2y)-(y-x)2  

Final result :

 -y2

Step by step solution :

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

 x • (x - 2y) -  (y - x)2

Step  2  :

2.1     Evaluate :  (y-x)2   =    y2-2xy+x2  

Final result :

 -y2

Answer: I think the answer is -x + y.

Step-by-step explanation:I think this is the answer because you first start off by distributing all the variables inside the parenthesis by the negative sign which would give you -x+2y-y. After that, you would have to subtract 2y-y because they share the same variable and you must have a SIMPLIFIED ANSWER. So with that said, your overall answer should be -x+y. Hope I'm right in giving you the correct answer!!!!

-9 less than or equal to -8y

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Answer:

y≤9/8

Step-by-step explanation:

-9≤-8y

1) Divide both sides by -8 (You must flip the sign when dividing by a negative)

y≤9/8

3 lines are shown. A line with points T, R, W intersects with a line with points S, R, V at point R. Another line extends from point R to point U in between angle V R W. Which pair of angles are vertical angles? AngleWRU and AngleSRT AngleWRS and AngleVRT AngleVRU and AngleTRS AngleVRT and AngleSRT

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Answer:

The vertical angles are ∠ WRS and ∠ VRT ⇒ 2nd answer

Step-by-step explanation:

* Lets explain the meaning of the vertical angles

- Vertical angles are the angles opposite to each other when two lines

  are intersected

- The vertical angle are equal in measures

- Look to attached figure which represents the lines

∵ Line TW intersects line SV at R

∠ WRV and ∠ SRT are vertical angle

∠ WRS and ∠ VRT are vertical angle

∵ RU is between the rays of angle VRW

∴ RU intersects the lines TW and SV at R

∴ No vertical angles between RU and the other two lines because

  it intersects them its endpoint R

* Now lets look to the answer to chose the right one

- ∠ WRU and ∠ SRT are not vertical angles

- ∠ WRS and ∠ VRT are vertical angles

- ∠ VRU and ∠ TRS are not vertical angles

- ∠ VRT and ∠ SRT are not vertical angles

The pair of angles that are vertical angles is: ∠WRS and ∠VRT.

What are Vertical Angles?

When two straight lines intersect each other at a point, the opposite angles that are vertical to each other are called vertical angles.

∠WRS and ∠VRT are vertically opposite each other.

Therefore, the pair of angles that are vertical angles is: ∠WRS and ∠VRT.

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How to solve this question

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7(x + 3 ) = 6 - (-7x - 15)

Apply the distributive rule to remove parentheses.

7x + 21 = 6 + 7x + 15

Right away, you should be able to see that 7x will be cancelled rendering this equation to have no solution.

Answer: NO SOLUTION

First distribute
7x + 21 = 6 + 7x + 15

Cancel equal terms
7x + 21 = 21 + 7x
-7x -7x

Then you’ll get
21=21


So the statement is true

Which of the following properties can be used to show that the expression 4^5/3 is equivalent to ^3√4^5

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Answer: First option.

Step-by-step explanation:

For this exercise it is importnatn to to remember the properties that are shown below:

1) [tex]a^\frac{1}{n}=\sqrt[n]{a}[/tex]

2) [tex](a^m)^n=a^{(mn)}[/tex]

Therefore, given the following expression provided in the exercise:

[tex]\sqrt[3]{4^5}[/tex]

You can apply the properties mentioned before, in order to find an equivalent expression.

Therefore, you get:

[tex]\sqrt[3]{4^5}=(4^5)^{\frac{1}{3}}=4^{\frac{5*1}{3}}=4^{\frac{5}{3}}[/tex]

Then the answer is the first option.

Answer:

[tex]\sqrt[3]{4^5}=(4^5)^{\frac{1}{3}}=4^{\frac{5}{3}}[/tex]

Option 1 and Option 3 is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: [tex] 4^{\frac{5}{3}}=\sqrt[3]{4^5}[/tex]

This is exponent to radical change property.

The fraction exponent write as radical.

[tex]a^{\frac{m}{n}}=\sqrt[n]{a^m}[/tex]

Option 1:  Radical to exponent

[tex]\sqrt[3]{4^5}=(4^5)^{\frac{1}{3}}=4^{\frac{5}{3}}[/tex]

True

Option 2: Addition of exponent if base is same.

[tex]4^{\frac{8}{3}}\cdot 4^{\frac{7}{3}}=4^{{\frac{8}{3}+\frac{7}{3}}=4^5[/tex]

False

Option 3: Multiply exponent to exponent, TrueOption 4: Division property of exponent, False

the two lines y+7x=14 and y+5=-7x are​

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Answer:

Parallel

Step-by-step explanation:

The two lines y+7x=14 and y+5=-7x are parallel to each other

The two lines y + 7x=14 and y+5=-7x are parallel to each other.

How are parallel straight lines related?

Parallel lines have the same slope since the slope is like a measure of steepness and since parallel lines are of the same steepness,

thus, are on the same slope.

Since the given parallel line has equation y = 2x + 2, thus its slope is 2 and thus, the slope of the needed line is 2 too.

Given lines is y + 7x=14 and y+5=-7x.

The slope of the given line;

y + 7x=14

y =  -7x + 14

Thus, the slope m = -7.

The slope of the given line;

y+5=-7x

y = -7x - 5

Thus, the slope m = -7.

We can see that the slope are the same.

Thus, The two lines y + 7x=14 and y+5=-7x are parallel to each other.

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How is this wrong? Algebra 1

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At the end where it says 17-6+7 you were supposed to add them then subtract it (PEMDAS). So it would be 17-13=4.

Which of the following is most likely the next step in the series?
оооо

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the second choice is the answer

Answer:

Answer would be B.

Step-by-step explanation:

15 divided by a number r

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Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

15/r r/15 if you’re looking for an expression

Apply the power rule to compute the derivative

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Answer:

[tex]\displaystyle \frac{d}{dt}[t^{\sqrt{11}}] = \sqrt{11}t^{\sqrt{11} - 1}[/tex]

General Formulas and Concepts:

Calculus

Differentiation

DerivativesDerivative Notation

Basic Power Rule:

f(x) = cxⁿf’(x) = c·nxⁿ⁻¹                                                                        

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1: Define

Identify

[tex]\displaystyle y = t^{\sqrt{11}}[/tex]

Step 2: Differentiate

Basic Power Rule:                                                                                         [tex]\displaystyle y' = \sqrt{11}t^{\sqrt{11} - 1}[/tex]

Topic: AP Calculus AB/BC (Calculus I/I + II)

Unit: Differentiation

For every cup of flour 5 batches of cookies can be made. Create a table showing the cups of flour needed for up to 5 batches of cookies then plot the values on the coordinate plant​

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Answer:

0,0

1,5

2,10

3,15

4,20

5,25

Step-by-step explanation:

x=cups of flour

y=batches of cookies

What does distributive property look like

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Answer:

The distributive property lets you multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then add the products. ... Consider the first example, the distributive property lets you "distribute" the 5 to both the 'x' and the '2'.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer: 4(x-3)=20

4x-4(3)=20

4x-12=20

4x-12+12=20+12

4x=32

4x/4 = 32/4

x=8

Step-by-step explanation:

To “distribute” means to divide something or give a share or part of something.

URGENT These are just 3 easy fill in the blank math problems. Integers




1. When adding *blank* signs in addition you should add and keep the sign


2. When subtracting integers you can change the minus to a plus and take the *blank* of the next number. Then follow addition integer rules.


3. When adding *blank* signs in addition you should subtract and keep the sign of the larger number

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Simplify:(-3x)(-2x5)

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Answer: 30x

Multiply  

2

by  

5

.

3

x

10

Multiply  

10

by  

3

.

30

x

Answer:

6[tex]x^{6}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the rule of exponents

[tex]a^{m}[/tex] × [tex]a^{n}[/tex] ⇔ [tex]a^{(m+n)}[/tex]

Given

(-3x)(-2[tex]x^{5}[/tex])

= - 3 × [tex]x^{1}[/tex] × - 2 ×[tex]x^{5}[/tex]

= (- 3 × - 2) × [tex]x^{(1+5)}[/tex]

= 6[tex]x^{6}[/tex]


1. Two angles are supplements. The larger is 10 more than 4 times the smaller. Find both angles,

2. Two angles are supplements. They're equal in measure. Find both angles.

3. The supplement of an angle is three times the complement of the angle. Find the angle.

4. The supplement of an angle is 12 less than twice the angle. Find both angles.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Supplementary angles equal 180°

1. Let the two angles be x and y

then y = 4x + 10

x + y = 180

x + (4x + 10) = 180

5x + 10 = 180

5x = 180 - 10

5x = 170

x = 170 / 5

x = 34

x = 34y = 146

2. if the two angles are equal then divide 180 by 2 to get 90

3. 180 - x = 3(90 - x)

180 - x = 270 - 3x

2x = 90

x = 45

4. 180 - x = 2x - 12

180 - 12 = 2x + x

168 = 3x

x = 56

Derive the equation of the parabola with a focus at (−2, 4) and a directrix of y = 6. Put the equation in standard form.

f(x) = one fourthx2 − x + 4
f(x) = −one fourthx2 − x + 4
f(x) = one fourthx2 − x + 5
f(x) = −one fourthx2 − x + 5

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Answer:

B

Step-by-step explanation:

From any point (x, y) on the parabola the focus and directrix are equidistant.

Using the distance formula

[tex]\sqrt{(x+2)^2+(y-4)^2}[/tex] = | y - 6 |

Squaring both sides

(x + 2)² + (y - 4)² = (y - 6)² ←  distributing

x² + 4x + 4 + y² - 8y + 16 = y² - 12y + 36 ( subtract y² - 12y + 36 from both sides )

x² + 4x + 4 + 4y - 20 = 0 ( subtract x² + 4x + 4 from both sides )

4y - 20 = - x² - 4x - 4 ( add 20 to both sides )

4y = - x² - 4x + 16 ( divide through by 4 )

y = - [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex] x² - x + 4, that is

f(x) = - [tex]\frac{1}{4}[/tex] x² - x + 4 → B

Answer:

Option B

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that a parabola has a focus at (−2, 4) and a directrix of y = 6.

We have to find the equation of the parabola in std form

We know that a parabola is a conic section in which all points are equidistant from the focus and vertex.

Let (x,y) be any point on the parabola

Distance of (x,y) from the focus =[tex]\sqrt{(x+2)^2+(y-4)^2}[/tex] ...i

Distance of (x,y) from directrix = difference in y coordinate = [tex]|y[-6|[/tex]...ii

Since i = ii, square and equate both

[tex](x+2)^2+(y-4)^2=(y-6)^2\\x^2+4x+4 -8y+16 = -12y+36\\4y=-x^2-4x+16\\y = \frac{-1}{4} d^2-x+4[/tex]

Hence option B is right.

Reduce the fractions 32/68,22/28, and
21/49

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32/68- divide by 4 . 32/4=8, 68/4=17

22/28- divide by 2. 22/2=11, 28/2=14

21/49- divide by 7. 21/7=3, 49/7=7

Answers:

32/68=8/17

22/28-11/14

21/49=3/7

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\dfrac{32}{68}=\dfrac{32:2}{68:2}=\dfrac{16:2}{34:2}=\dfrac{8}{17}\\\\\\\dfrac{22}{28}=\dfrac{22:2}{28:2}=\dfrac{11}{14}\\\\\\\dfrac{21}{49}=\dfrac{21:7}{49:7}=\dfrac{3}{7}[/tex]

write 0.00052 in scientific notation.​

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5.2 x 10 to the negative 3 power

The number 0.00052 in standard form can be written as 5.2 × 10⁻⁴ in scientific notation.

Given that:

The number 0.00052 is given in the standard form.

This has to be converted into the scientific notation.

Scientific notation is the notation of writing smaller numbers or larger numbers as the product of an integer from 1 to 10 and the power of 10 is raised to positive or negative power.

Here, the number is very small.

So, the power of 10 is negative.

Here, the integer is 5.2.

The decimal point has to be shifted 4 places to the left.

So, the power of 10 is -4.

Hence, the number can be written as 5.2 × 10⁻⁴.

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1) What is the value for the digit 8 in the given number?
38.165.0479​

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Answer:

The value of the 8 in the number 38.165.0479 is 8 ones

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Solve for "X".
x2 = 121
X = ? or x = ?​

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X= 11 or x=-11. I believe you meant to say x^2=121?


Which equation could be solved using the graph above?

X^2+x-2=0
X^2+2x+1=0
X^2-1=0
X^2-2x+1=0

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The equation that could be used to solve the graph above is x² - 1 = 0.

What is a quadratic equaton?

A quadratic equation is an algebraic expression in the form of variables and constants.

A quadratic equation has two roots as its degree is two.

The graph of a quadratic equation y = x² is a parabola that opens upwards.

By observing the graph we conclude that when x = 0, y = - 1 and when

x = ± 1, y = 0.

Now going through the options we conclude that x² - 1 = 0 is the equation that satisfies this criterion.

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Final answer:

The equation that can be solved using the graph is x^2 - 2x + 1 = 0.

Explanation:

The equation that could be solved using the graph above is x2 - 2x + 1 = 0. This is because the graph intersects the x-axis at the point where y=0, and this represents the solutions to the equation.

If we solve the equation x2 - 2x + 1 = 0 using factoring or the quadratic formula, we would find that the solutions are x=1 and x=1. These are the same x-values where the graph intersects the x-axis on the graph provided.

The other equations, x2 + x - 2 = 0, x2 + 2x + 1 = 0, and x2 - 1 = 0, do not have solutions that match the x-values where the graph intersects the x-axis.

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The total cost of renting a car is determined by the number of days a car is rented, at $75 per day, and the number of miles it is driven, at $0.50 per mile. The company uses the expression 75x +0.50y to evaluate the total cost of renting a car. What does the variable x represent? *

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X=number of days rented and in this case you can’t rent for a negative amount of days, so X>1 or X=0

Answer:

Given: The total cost of renting a car is determined by the number of days a car is rented, at $75 per day, and the number of miles it is driven, at $0.50 per mile. The company uses the expression [tex]75x +0.50y[/tex] to evaluate the total cost of renting a car.

To check: We need to check what does the variable x represent.

Here, the company uses the expression [tex]75x +0.50y[/tex] to evaluate the total cost of renting a car.

Here 75 represents the rent per day, and 0.50 represents the cost per mile.

As, x is multiplied by 75. So, the variable x represents the number of day one has taken the car.

6. [(69 - 9) + 23]4
how do u solve this

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always do the parentheses first. In this case, there are two parentheses, so do the parentheses inside the other parentheses first. After that, it’s just simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

(69-9)= 60

(60+23)= 83

83x4= 332

Answer:

332

Step-by-step explanation:

69-9=60

+23=83

x4=332

The estimated answer to a multiplication problem is 800,000. Which of the following expressions could result in this answer? Explain how you know.
8,146 x 12
81,467 x 121
8,146 x 121
81,477 x 1,217

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Answer:

8,146 x 121

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a problem in which you need to measure your understading of "orders of magnitude."

If the estimated answer is [tex]800000[/tex] that means that we are looking at a multiplication in the "order of" [tex]8*10^5[/tex]

You need to look at the "orders of magnitude" of the things you're multiplying. In the first case, we have [tex]8146*12[/tex] that would be "of the order of" [tex]8*10^3[/tex] times [tex]10^1[/tex]. So the whole multiplication would "of the order of" [tex]8*10^4[/tex] or near [tex]80000[/tex]

The correct answer, 8,146 x 121, is because it's "of the order of" [tex]8*10^3[/tex] times [tex]10^2[/tex] and the gives us the [tex]8*10^5[/tex] we need.

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

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Describe how to transform the graph of f into the graph of g. f(x) = x^4 and g(x) = -(-x)4

Reflect the graph of f across the x-axis and then reflect across the y-axis.

Shift the graph of f down 1 unit.

Reflect the graph of f across the x-axis.

Reflect the graph of f across the y-axis.

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Answer:

Reflect the graph f(x) across the x axis to obtain the graph g(x).

its c

Step-by-step explanation:

following the accepted steps you would first reflect the graph across the y axis due to the negative sign within the function, then you would reflect the result across the x axis due to the negative sign outside of the function. 

In practice however you only need to reflect across the x axis as -(-x)^2 simplifies to -x^2

Expanded form of 680,705

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[tex]\huge\boxed{600,000 + 80,000 + 700 + 5}[/tex]

To find expanded form, we need to split up the digits. When you do that, you take one digit and cut off everything to the left of it, then make everything to the right zeros.

[tex]600,000 + 80,000 + 0 + 700 + 0 + 5[/tex]

We don't need to keep the zeros.

[tex]\boxed{600,000 + 80,000 + 700 + 5}[/tex]

We can check this by adding the numbers back up to get [tex]680,705[/tex].

[tex]680,000 + 700 + 5[/tex]

[tex]680,700 + 5[/tex]

[tex]680,705[/tex]

6. Which property is illustrated by the equation
ma + mb = m(a + b)?
what’s the answer

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Step-by-step explanation:

It's the DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY:

m(a + b) = ma + mb

[tex]m\cdot(a+b)=m\cdot a+m\cdot b=ma+mb[/tex]

Other properties:

Commutative Property:

of addition: a + b = b + a

of multiplication: a · b = b · a

Associative Property:

of addition: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

of multiplication: (a · b) · c = a · (b · c)

What is the value of (f o g)(7)

F(x)=x^2; g(x)= x-4

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

(f o g)(7) = f(g(7))

but  g(7) = 7-4 =3

(f o g)(7) = f(g(7))  =     f(3) =  3² =9

Solve for m.

m - 5= √49
A.m=2
B.m=7
C.m=12
D.m=35

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Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

The square root of 49 equals 7

This equation can be rewritten as m-5=7

m-5=7

1) add 5 to both sides:

m=12

Nothing else can be done so m=12 is your final answer (c)

9. Solve for x,
9x - 25
5x + 7
N​

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Answer:

x = 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Simplifying

9x + -25 = 5x + 7

Reorder the terms:

-25 + 9x = 5x + 7

Reorder the terms:

-25 + 9x = 7 + 5x

Solving

-25 + 9x = 7 + 5x

Solving for variable 'x'.

Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.

Add '-5x' to each side of the equation.

-25 + 9x + -5x = 7 + 5x + -5x

Combine like terms: 9x + -5x = 4x

-25 + 4x = 7 + 5x + -5x

Combine like terms: 5x + -5x = 0

-25 + 4x = 7 + 0

-25 + 4x = 7

Add '25' to each side of the equation.

-25 + 25 + 4x = 7 + 25

Combine like terms: -25 + 25 = 0

0 + 4x = 7 + 25

4x = 7 + 25

Combine like terms: 7 + 25 = 32

4x = 32

Divide each side by '4'.

x = 8

Simplifying

x = 8

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Which of the following formulas would you use to convert a temperature initially taken in degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celsius?Question 57 options:C = F 273C = 9/5F + 32C = 5/9(F - 32)C = 5/9F - 32 Reread paragraphs 3 and 4 of "A Complication or Two."Which statement best reflects the narrators viewpoint on Almas role in his life?A a motivator who led him toward a new life pathB a love interest whom he fell in love with immediatelyC a sidekick whom he can teach to be like himD a consolation prize since his dream did not come trueA Complication or TwoThe rejection letter from my Ivy League school of choice was the first major obstacle I encountered in my grand 10-year plan. It was not the last. I was 17, and at the time quite certain that nothing would derail me from my grandiose future. I planned to achieve everything my parents expected, and more. The first step was supposed to have been attending my parents alma mater, graduating with honors, and then moving on to law school without pausing to let my peersor competitorscatch me. To say thats not how it went is a gross understatement.Needing a distraction in my moment of crisis, I decided to pick up another couple of hours of volunteer service. I rode the subway to Tri-Valley Hospital with that rejection letter wrinkled in my right fist. I probably should have left it at home, but I couldnt bring myself to put it down. Id spent so many hours volunteering at Tri-Valley to build my community service rsum that the trek there felt like it was accomplished on autopilot rather than through any active involvement on my part.Alma was a new volunteer that morning, and I felt grateful for her presence, though I suppose I really didnt pay much attention to her. Mostly, I was relieved to have something to focus on, other than the big fat rejection letter swelling in my pocket. I showed Alma the volunteer wing, which was really just a room with a few lockers, a microwave, and a lot of large posters with rules and cautionary messages. She shadowed me on that shift, and together we delivered food trays, chatted with bedridden patients who didnt have visitors that morning, and carried out a number of fairly tedious tasks. I forgot Almas name three times and had to apologize. It was a unique enough name that I shouldnt have forgotten once, but the rejection letter was burning a hole in my pocket and apparently in my mind.At lunch, Alma sat across from me, even though by then several other regular volunteers had arrived and offered to take her out for real food rather than subjecting her to the cafeteria fare. I cant imagine how far gone I must have seemed to her, but Ill never forget what she said as I prodded the chocolate mass parading as cake on my tray. You must really love what you do here, she said. I can tell you care about this place and the patients we visited.Her words dug into me, primarily because I had never once stopped to consider whether I enjoyed my time at the hospital. Hundreds of food trays served, hundreds of patients visited, and still somehow the whole experience amounted to nothing more than a checkmark on the extensive list of what I needed to accomplish to achieve my goals. I did think about it then, as I finished my dessert. She wasnt incorrect. A lot of people hate hospitalsthe lights, the sterile smell, the undercurrent of urgency, illness, and tragedy. But I didnt hate it at all. The fact that I was there that day proved more than anything else that I saw it as a comfortable place.Alma and I ended up attending the same university. It wasnt Ivy League, and I wasnt pre-law. Freshman year, I decided to complete my undergraduate degree on an accelerated three-year plan. Although those three years stretched to four-and-a-half, when I graduated, my wife of two years, whose name I had not forgotten once since that first day at Tri-Valley, was by my side and expecting our first daughter. Medical school was its own unique challenge, especially after the twins came along halfway through. We purchased our first house the year they turned six, after I landed a residency at Tri-Valley. But we slept in a nearby hotel for the first two months of home ownership because of a burst pipe that flooded our bedrooms the week we moved in.Looking back, I suppose my life started with that letter. I dont think everything necessarily happens for a reasontheres too much tragedy in the world for that. But theres no doubt that some misfortunes turn into pivotal moments that can alter the course of a persons life for the better. Alma and I have been together for 30 years now, and I still wonder what that other lifethe one in which my letter said Congratulationsmight look like. I expect it would have been pretty grand, full of its own triumphs and pitfalls. My children are fresh to the adult world, and when I see their tears as plans go sideways, I like to imagine that someday theyll sit where I am with people to love, hobbies to pursue, and maybe even a spare dollar in the bank. Suppose you bought 700 shares of stock at an initial price of $43 per share. The stock paid a dividend of $0.40 per share during the following year, and the share price at the end of the year was $44. Compute your total dollar return on this investment. if f(x)=3+x/x-3, What is f(a+2) The plasma half-life of a hormone is inversely related to its metabolic clearance rate (MCR).a. Trueb. False Which part of nonfiction writing provides key details that support the main idea? 22.35 word form using proper place value