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Fiona is visiting Paris, and her first stop is the Eiffel tower. On the map of Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower is 7 inches away from the Louvre Museum. If the scale on the map is 1 in: 500 m, what is the actual distance from the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre Museum?   [ans0] meters

Find 60% of 260. 

What is the ratio of the corresponding sides?  A geometric diagram shows two triangles stacked vertically. The upper triangle is shaded purple and labeled X, Y, and Z. Points Y and Z form a horizontal base, with Y on the left and Z on the right. Point X is centered above the base, forming the top vertex. Below it is a smaller triangle shaded yellow and labeled T, U, and V. Points U and V form a horizontal base, with U on the left and V on the right. Point T is centered above the base. Both triangles have a similar orientation, with a horizontal base and a single top vertex centered above the base.

Which proportion correctly relates the measurements from the similar figures?  Note:  A geometric diagram shows a large triangle with vertices L, M, and N. Segment LM is vertical on the left and labeled 12 centimeters. Segment MN is a horizontal base extending from M on the left to N on the right and is not labled with any values. Point A lies on segment MN between M and N. Segment LN is a slanted side connecting L to N. Point P lies on segment LN between L and N. The portion from L to P is labeled 15 centimeters, and the portion from P to N is labeled 10 centimeters. A vertical segment drops from point P down to point A on the base MN. This segment is labeled x centimeters. Triangle PAN is shaded and shares the slanted side PN and the base segment AN with the larger triangle LMN.

High blood glucose levels cause an increased secretion of __________.

Claire sells earrings for $16 and necklaces for $25. If she sells $330, which equation represents her earnings? Let e = the number of earrings and n = the number of necklaces. 

True or false: the set of ratios form a proportion: 

The Save the Redwoods League is doing research on the height of redwood trees in a particular area. This year they measured the trees and found the following heights, in meters:  106, 102, 94, 84, 98, 87, 109, 79, 81, and 72 How many trees are less than 81 meters tall? 

Find the area of the figure shown:  A parallelogram is shown filled with a light pink shading. The top side is horizontal and labeled 25 inches. To the right of the figure, a dashed vertical line indicates a height of 30 inches, with a right angle marker at the bottom where it meets a dashed horizontal segment.

What are the coordinates of the point graphed here?  A coordinate plane is shown with grid lines and axes labeled from negative ten to ten. A single red point is plotted in Quadrant II. The point is 7 units left of the y-axis and 4 units above the x-axis, positioned at a grid intersection.