You are in a bike race. when you get to the first checkpoint you are 2/5 of the distance away to the second checkpoint. when you get to the second checkpoint you are 1/4 of the distance to the finish. what is the distance from start to check point 1?

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?

Clarence wants to buy a new car. he finds an ad for a car that costs 27,200 dollars. suppose his local sales tax is 7%. -how much would he have to pay? -what is the cost of the car including tax? -if clarence has 29,864 saved, can he pay cash to buy the car?

Astudent drew a circle and two secant segment. he concluded that if pq ~= ps, then qr ~= st. do you agree with the student’s conclusion? why or why not?