A container has peppermint gum and spearmint gum. There are 24 pieces of peppermint gum in the container and the ratio of peppermint gum to spearmint gum is 8 to 5. Find the number of pieces of spearmint gum in the container.

Quadrilateral wxyz is on a coordinate plane. segment yz is on the line x+y=7 and segment xw is on the line x+y=3. which statement proves how segments yz and xw are related

Two corresponding sides of two similar triangles are 3cm and 5cm. the area of the first triangle is 12cm^2. what is the area of the second triangle?

The position of a moving particle is given by the position function: f(t)=-9t-t^2-0.2t^3+0.1t^4 0 a. at what time does the particle reverse direction? b. when is the displacement positive? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation) c. when is the displacement negative? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation) d. when is the particle’s acceleration positive? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation) e. when is the particle’s acceleration negative? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation)