Find the reciprocal of each number 7-9

A25-inch wide drum is used in a marching band. what area does the top of the drum cover? round to the nearest hundredth. (use 3.14 for pi.)

Find the measure of angle a in the following triangle

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."