You are dealt two cards successively (without replacement) from a shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. find the probability that both cards are black. express your answer as a simplified fraction.

Aculture started with 3000 bacteria. after 5 hours it grew to 3900 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 9 hours

Astore ordered 750 candles a total wholesale cost of $7910.20. the soy candles cosy $12.17 each and thespecialty candles cost $9.58each. how many of each were bought?

1. an economy consists of three workers: larry, moe, and curly. each works 10 hours a day and can produce two services: mowing lawns and washing cars. in an hour, larry can either mow one lawn or wash one car; moe can either mow one lawn or wash two cars; and curly can either mow two lawns or wash one car. a. calculate how much of each service is produced under the following circumstances: a. all three spend all their time mowing lawns. b. all three spend all their time washing cars. c. all three spend half their time on each activity d. larry spends half of his time on each activity, while moe only washes cars and curly only mows lawns b. using your answers to part a, draw a production possibilities frontier and label points a, b, c, and d on your graph. explain why the production possibilities frontier has the shape it does. c. are any of the allocations calculated in part a inefficient? explain.