Jill is trying to prove the following number trick: Choose any number. Add 3. Double it. Add 4. Divide by 2. Take away the number you started with. Each time Jill tries the trick, she ends up with 5. Clearly demonstrate a proof by: a) inductive reasoning:
b) deductive reasoning:

If i have a 24 in loaf of bread and i cut it into two pieces one 9 in how long was the other

Ian is in training for a national hot dog eating contest on the 4th of july. on his first day of training, he eats 4 hot dogs. each day, he plans to eat 110% of the number of hot dogs he ate the previous day. write an explicit formula that could be used to find the number of hot dogs ian will eat on any particular day.

Which of these side lengths could form a triangle a) 2 cm , 2 cm , 4 cm b) 3 cm , 5 cm , 10 cm c) 3 cm , 4 cm , 5 cm d) 4 cm , 8 cm , 15 cm