Mackenzie spent $20 at the local farmer’s market. she bought b pounds of blueberries that cost $4 per pound, and r pounds of raspberries that cost $6 per pound. she wrote the equation 4b + 6r = 20 to represent the cost of all the fruit. which is equivalent to mackenzie’s equation?

Little’s law firm has just one lawyer. customers arrive randomly at an average rate of 6 per 8 hour workday. service times have a mean of 50 minutes and a standard deviation of 20 minutes. how long does a customer spend at little’s law firm on average?

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

The jewelry store is having a sale. necklaces that were regularly priced at $23.50 are on sale for $18.80. what is the percentage of decrease in the price of necklaces?