What are the vertex and x-intercepts of the graph of the function given below?
y = x2 - 2x - 24

a. vertex: (7, 5); intercepts: x = 6, 8
b. vertex: (-1, -21); intercepts: x = 6, 4
c. vertex: (0, 0); intercepts: x = -4, 6
d. vertex: (1, -25); intercepts: x = 6, -4

The length of a rectangle plus its width is 25 cm. the area is 156 square cm. what are the length and width of the rectangle? separate the answers with a comma.

Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr jekyll and mr. hyde what do dr. jekyll's thoughts reveal about him in this excerpt? [t]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber, and i determined, flushed as i was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. i crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, i could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to he is jealous of those who can sleep through the night. he is revered for his scientific advances. he is interested in studying the movements of the stars he is proud and enthusiastic about his initial results.

There are three bags: a (contains 2 white and 4 red balls), b (8 white, 4 red) and c (1 white 3 red). you select one ball at random from each bag, observe that exactly two are white, but forget which ball came from which bag. what is the probability that you selected a white ball from bag a?