An open box is made from a 30 -cm by 70 -cm piece of tin by cutting a square from each corner and folding up the edges. The area of the resulting base is 1536 cm2. What is the length of the sides of the squares?

1. Astronomers measure large distances in light-years. One light year is the distance that light can travel in one year, or approximately 5.88 x 10^12 miles. Suppose a star is 9.8 x 10^1 light years from Earth.

Unit rate for 45.5 meters in 13 seconds

In a survey of college students, 824 said they have cheated on an exam and 1727 said that they have not. If one college student is selected at random, find the probability that the student has cheated on an exam.

What is 4.21 rounded to the nearest whole number?

Find the sum of the geometric sequence 3, 15, 75, 375, ... when there are 9 terms and select the correct answer below. a. - 976,563 b. 976,563 c. 1,464,843 d. 976,562

Jessie sorted the coins in her bank she made 7 stacks of 6 dimes and 8 stacks of 5 nickels she then found 1 dime and 1 nickel how many dimes and nickels does Jessie have in all

If Tina talks fewer than 100 minutes a month, she does not have to pay anything. True / False Evidence:

Five sixths of the 300 triathletes completed the course

Length of a rectangular prism is increased by factor of 1.5. The width is doubled and height is tripled.

Solve for x. 4x^2 - 40x + 94 = 0