Yaneev thinks of a number y. He subtracts three from the number, then doubles it. Then he subtracts three again, and doubles the number again. The result is his original number y. What is y?

At the newest animated movie, for every 9 children, there are 4 adults. there are a total of 39 children and adults at the movie.

Atorch and a battery cost 2.50 altogether.the torch costs 1.50 more than the battery.what fraction of the total price is the torch? give your answer in its simplest form.

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.