Traditionally, the earth's surface has been modeled as a sphere, but the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS-84) uses an ellipsoid as a more accurate model. It places the center of the earth at the origin and the north pole on the positive z-axis. The distance from the center to the poles is 6356.523 km and the distance to a point on the equator is 6378.137 km.

a. Find an equation of the earth's surface as used by WGS-84.
b. Curves of equal latitude are traces in the planes z = k. What is the shape of these curves?
c. Meridians (curves of equal longitude) are traces in planes of the form y=mx. What is the shape of these meridians?

Secant be and cf intersect at point d inside a what is the measure of cde

Samson is going shopping for sugar and butter to make three different kinds of cookies: lemon bars, peanut butter cookies, and sugar cookies. the recipe for lemon bars calls for 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of sugar, and 1 stick of butter. the peanut butter cookie recipe calls for 2 cups of flour, 4 cup of sugar and 2 stick of butter. the sugar cookie recipe calls for 1 cup of flour, 2 cups of sugar, and 2 sticks of butter. sampson has 13 cups of flour at home, and he buys 12 cups (6 pounds) of sugar and 10 sticks of butter. how many batches of each type of cookie can he make? samson can make batches of lemon bars, batches of peanut butter cookies, and batches of 09 cookies submit reset

Graph the system of inequalities presented here on your own paper, then use your graph to answer the following questions: y < 4x − 8 y is greater than or equal to negative 5 over 2 times x plus 5 part a: describe the graph of the system, including shading and the types of lines graphed. provide a description of the solution area. (6 points) part b: is the point (5, −8) included in the solution area for the system? justify your answer mathematically. (4 points)