1. There is a fisherman that sells fish smaller than 12 inches in length for $3.00, anything that is 12 inches or longer is $6.00 in price. His local fishing laws will not let him catch fish smaller than 6 inches. a. Write the inequalities for the size of $3.00 fish that he can sell. Let be the length of a fish he sells. b. If you only had $4.50 with you, what is the largest fish you could buy from the fisherman

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.