Factor the common factor out of –12 + 15x. a. x(–8 + 5x2) b. 3(–4 + 5x) c. x(–12 + 15x) d. 3x(–4 + 5x)

Lucy is a dress maker. she sews \dfrac47 7 4 ? of a dress in \dfrac34 4 3 ? hour. lucy sews at a constant rate. at this rate, how many dresses does lucy sew in one hour? include fractions of dresses if applicable.

There are two major tests of readiness for college: the act and the sat. act scores are reported on a scale from 1 to 36. the distribution of act scores in recent years has been roughly normal with mean µ = 20.9 and standard deviation s = 4.8. sat scores are reported on a scale from 400 to 1600. sat scores have been roughly normal with mean µ = 1026 and standard deviation s = 209. reports on a student's act or sat usually give the percentile as well as the actual score. the percentile is just the cumulative proportion stated as a percent: the percent of all scores that were lower than this one. tanya scores 1260 on the sat. what is her percentile (± 1)?

The graph shows the amount of total rainfall at each hour what was the total rainfall amount after three hours