Adults - 10.50 Children 6.50 Two children from next door join the Townsends. The neighbor children have movie passes and have already eaten, so Mr. Townsends will only need to pay for two more large drinks. At the concession stand, one of the children gives Mr. Townsend a five dollar bill to help pay for the drinks. Write an expression that represents the cost of the drinks for the neighbor children and includes the money given to Mr. Townsend. Can the expression be factored? Explain.

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