The effective rate is calculated in the following way:

where r is the effective annual rate, i the interest rate, and n the number of compounding periods per year (for example, 12 for monthly compounding).
our compounding period is 2 since the bank pays us semiannually(two times per year) and our interest rate is 8%
so lets plug in numbers:
You can solve this by multiplying each numerator by the answer choices and trying to divide them. I can't get the fraction maker to work at the moment, so I'll write the calculations on a separate attachment.
As you can see, the only choice that works to eliminate both fractions is the fourth choice,
50x.
Answer:
x=-1,y=0
Step-by-step explanation:
-10y+9x=-9
10y+5x=-5
14x=-14
x=-1
-10y-9=-9
y=0
If a die is rolled , the probability of getting a 2 is 1/6.