Arestaurant offers a "create your own pizza" menu option. there are 3 types of meat, 6 types of vegetables, and 3 kinds of cheese. customers may choose one meat, one vegetable, and one cheese. you decide to have the chef choose the toppings randomly. what is the probability that the chef will make a pizza with chicken, banana peppers, and ricotta cheese?

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