Professor Bartlett teaches a class of 10 students. She has a visually challenged student, Louise, who must sit in the front row next to her tutor, who is also a member of the class. Assume that the front row has seven chairs, and the tutor must be seated to the right of Louise How many different ways can Professor Bartlett assign students to sit in the first row?

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