If a = 7, what is the value of the expression 2(a + 8)?

Brian, chris, and damien took a math test that had 20 questions. the number of questions brian got right is 14 more than the number of questions chris got right. damien correctly answered 2 less than the number of questions chris answered correctly. if brian and damien have the same score, which statement is true?

Asailor is looking at a kite. if he is looking at the kite at an angle of elevation of 36and the distance from the boat to the point where the kite is directly overhead is 40 feet, how high is the kite?

Finally, the arena decides to offer advertising space on the jerseys of the arena's own amateur volley ball team. the arena wants the probability of being shortlisted to be 0.14 what is this as a percentage? what is this as a fraction? what is the probability of not being shortlisted? give your answer as a decimal.