Derrick's dog sitting and darlene's dog sitting are competing for new business. the companies ran the ads shown: derrick: $12 + $5 darlene $18 + $3, write and solve and equation to find the number of hours for which the total cost will be the same for the two services.

James wants to promote his band on the internet. site a offers website hosting for $4.95 per month with a $49.95 startup fee. site b offers website hosting for $9.95 per month with no startup fee. for how many months would james need to keep the website for site a to be a better choice than site b? define a variable for the situation. write an inequality that represents the situation. solve the inequality to find out how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b. using words, describe how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b.

Arestaurant gives out a scratch-off card to every customer. the probability that a customer will win a prize from a scratch-off card is 25%. design and conduct a simulation using random numbers to find the experimental probability that a customer will need more than 3 cards in order to win a prize. justify the model for your simulation, and conduct at least 10 trials.

Graph red beads cost $1 an ounce and gold beads cost $3 an ounce. juanita wants to purchase a 12-ounce mixture of red and gold beads that she can sell for $2 an ounce. the solution of the system shows the number of beads needed for juanita to break even. x + y = 12, x + 3y = 24 how many ounces of red beads will juanita buy to break even? how many ounces of gold beads will she buy?