Edgar builds a sand castle with a rectangular base. The side lengths of the base are 25 in. And 16 in. He wants to surround the castle's base with a moat that is w inches wide. Write a quadratic function A in standard form to represent the combined area taken up by the castle and the moat.

In 2009, there were 1570 bears in a wildlife refuge. in 2010, the population had increased to approximately 1884 bears. if this trend continues and the bear population is increasing exponentially, how many bears will there be in 2018?

Two poles, ab and ed, are fixed to the ground with the of ropes ac and ec, as shown: what is the approximate distance, in feet, between the two poles? 6.93 feet 8.66 feet 12.32 feet 15.59 feet

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version.gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear.i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend,do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."