You have checked out b books from the library, where b is a number greater than 5. you plan to read three of the books and return them at the end of this week. in how many ways can you pick the books you will read first, second, and third? . the choices are . a. b3 ways. b. b3- 3b2 + 2b ways. c. b3 - 9b2 + 27b - 27 ways. d. 5b - 3 ways

Planning for the possibility that your home might get struck by lighting and catch on fire is part of a plan for ?

Express the following as a function of a single angle. cos(60) cos(-20) - sin(60) sin(-20)

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation