Two researchers are studying the decline of orangutan populations. In one study, a population of 784 orangutans is expected to decrease at a rate of 25 orangutans per year. In a second study, the population of a group of 817 orangutans is expected to decrease at a rate of 36 per year. After how many years will the two populations be the same? The two populations will be the same after
years.

(50 ) mrs. julien’s and mrs. castillejo’s classes are selling cookie dough for a school fundraiser. customers can buy packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and packages of triple chocolate cookie dough. mrs. julien’s class sold 25 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 30 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $221.25. mrs. castillejo’s class sold 5 packages of macadamia nut chip cookie dough and 45 packages of triple chocolate cookie dough for a total of $191.25. (a) write the system of equations that model the problem. be sure to explain which equation represents which situation. (b) find the cost of each type of cookie. show your work. (c) explain which method you used to solve the system and why you chose that method.

Select the term that describes the linear portion in this quadratic equation 7x^2-12x+16=0 a) -12x b) 7x^2 c) 16

Emily works as a painter. for each job, it takesher 30 minutes to prepare an interior wall ofa house before she paints and 2 minutes persquare yard to paint that will. the graph belowshows the total time it would take her to do a job,based on the total area of the wallhow long does it take her to do a job when she paints a wall with an area of 15 square yards?