22) A local church is raising funds to purchase a new organ. The church budget includes $16,422.00 set aside for the cost of the organ, but the music committee must plan more ways to raise the additional money needed to pay for the cost of the organ, $24,545.00. Explain why the clerk should estimate when reporting the need to the church congregation, but should be accurate when writing a check to the organ company for the payment of the organ.

Write the fraction 9/50 as a decimal if needed round to the nearest hundredth

At the olympic games, many events have several rounds of competition. one of these events is the men's 100-meter backstroke. the upper dot plot shows the times (in seconds) of the top 8 finishers in the final round of the 2012 olympics. the lower dot plot shows the times of the same 8 swimmers, but in the semifinal round. which pieces of information can be gathered from these dot plots? (remember that lower swim times are faster.) choose all answers that apply: a: the swimmers had faster times on average in the final round. b: the times in the final round vary noticeably more than the times in the semifinal round. c: none of the above.

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