Mary deposited $5,000 into an account that earns 5½% compound interest, compounded annually. Alan deposited the same amount in an account that earns a simple interest rate of 6%. After 10 years of growth, whose account earns more interest and by how much. How do I solve this and what's the answer?

James wants to promote his band on the internet. site a offers website hosting for $4.95 per month with a $49.95 startup fee. site b offers website hosting for $9.95 per month with no startup fee. for how many months would james need to keep the website for site a to be a better choice than site b? 1. define a variable for the situation. 2. write an inequality that represents the situation. 3.solve the inequality to find out how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b. 4. using words, describe how many months he needs to keep the website for site a to be less expensive than site b.

Both the red and blue line segments stretch from the center of the circle to a point on the circle. the length of the blue segment is 5. how long is the red line segment?

15. if the 8% tax on an item amounts to $0.96, what is the final price (tax included) of the item?