A baker puts a chocolate cake in the oven to bake for 30 minutes. Let f(t) = 0.25t2 + 65 be the temperature of the cake t minutes after you placed it in the oven.

For a read-a-thon, jay and odhràn each started reading a book at the same time and continued reading for several hours. jay's book had 278 pages, and he read 55 pages per hour. odhràn's book had 238 pages, and he read 45 pages per hour. after how many hours did they have the same number of pages left, and how many pages were left?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (-4, 0) and (6,0). the y-intercept of thefirst parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0-24). what is the positive difference between the avalues for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

Which of the following is the explicit rule for a geometric sequence defined a recursive formula of a -5a for which the first term is 23?