jake says that he can use absolute value to help order the numbers − 6/5 and − 2/3 . He says the absolute value of − 6/5 is greater so it is farther away from zero, and therefore − 6/5 < − 2/3 . Do you agree? Explain.

Lee has $1.75 in dimes and nickels. the number of nickels is 11 more than the number of dimes. how many of each coin does he have?

Aculture started with 3000 bacteria. after 5 hours it grew to 3900 bacteria. predict how many bacteria will be present after 9 hours

Suppose you just purchased a digital music player and have put 8 tracks on it. after listening to them you decide that you like 4 of the songs. with the random feature on your player, each of the 8 songs is played once in random order. find the probability that among the first two songs played (a) you like both of them. would this be unusual? (b) you like neither of them. (c) you like exactly one of them. (d) redo () if a song can be replayed before all 8 songs are played.