Mario the baker loves baking cupcakes. His two most popular flavors are red velvet and buttercream. Every times Mario bakes his cupcakes he makes them so that the number of red velvet cupcakes is exactly equal to one less than the square root of the number of buttercream cupcakes. Which of the following could be the total number of cupcakes that Mario baked in one afternoon?

What is the greatest common factor of 8 and 36

Rai compares two cable plans from different companies. which equation gives the correct value of mm, the number of months for which plans a and b cost the same?

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation