You are offered a choice between paying a flat tax (one rate on all income) of 20% on $44,000 of income and paying a graduated tax of the following schedule on the same income. schedule: 10% on the first $25,000; 30% on your income over $25,000. which is better for you?

a) the flat tax
b) the graduated tax

An automated water dispenser fills packets with one liter of water on average, with a standard deviation of 5 milliliter. the manual says that after a year of operation the dispenser should be tested to see if it needs recalibration. a year later a number of filled packets are set aside and measured separately. it is found that the average packet now contains about 0.995 liters. does the dispenser need calibration? explain your answer.

Match each whole number with a rational, exponential expression 3 square root 27^2find the domain and range of the exponential function h(x)=125^x. explain your findings. as x decreases does h increase or decrease? explain. as x increases does h increase or decrease? explain.

Identify the expression equivalent to 4(x + x + 7) − 2x + 8 − 4 by substituting x = 1 and x = 2.