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How would you convince someone that the ratio of the areas of two similar rectangles is the square of the scale factor?

Suppose you gave your students a test and converted their scores into z-scores.  Could you tell from just the z-scores how well your class did on the test?  Why or why not?

Suppose you roll two tetrahedra at the same time, each with faces marked 1-4.  Find each probability.  (You may want to make a table of a sample space). a) P(sum of 4 and at least one 2) b) P(sum of 9) c) P(sum of 4 or exactly one 4)  

The nurse is caring for a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). What is the nurse’s primary focus of care?

What diet order would the nurse planning the care of a client admitted with severe pancreatitis anticipate?

We have learned about so many types of relationships with shapes (transformations, congruence, similarity, etc.)  Explain how each shape is related to shape B.    

Find the measure of each angle.  Make sure to briefly explain/show how you found each.    a = [a] degrees e = [e] degrees g = [g] degrees h = [h] degrees k = [k] degrees l = [l] degrees n = [n] degrees

A patient with a spinal cord injury at C5-C6 reports a sudden severe headache. The patient is flushed. Vital signs include a blood pressure of 190/100 mm Hb and heart rate of 52 beats/min. What is the priority nursing intervention?

The nurse is aware that a patient with a spinal cord injury is developing autonomic dysreflexia when the patient has:

Which of the following is a common clinical manifestation of juvenile hypothyroidism?