Amy picks a whole number, squares it and then subtracts 1. She gives her final number to Brian. Brian adds 3 to the number Amy gave him and then doubles that result. Brian's final result is 54. With what number did Amy start?

The lengths of two sides of a right triangle are given. find the length of the third side. round to the nearest tenth if necessary. a) y = 12/5x + 39/5 b) y = 5/12x + 5/39 c) y = 12/5x - 39/5 d) y = 5/12x - 5/39

Suppose that the price p, in dollars, and the number of sales, x, of a certain item follow the equation 4 p plus 4 x plus 2 pxequals56. suppose also that p and x are both functions of time, measured in days. find the rate at which x is changing when xequals2, pequals6, and startfraction dp over dt endfraction equals1.5.

Erinn wrote the equation –5x + 4y = 32 to represent her hourly wage (y) and how this wage has changed during each year that she worked at a company (x). what is the rate of change in erinn's hourly wage per year?