What is true about the solutions of a quadratic equation when the radicals of the quadratic formula is a positive number that is not a perfect square ?

The decibel level of sound is 50 db greater on a busy street than in a quiet room where the intensity of sound is watt/m2. the level of sound in the quiet room is db, and the intensity of sound in the busy street is watt/m2. use the formula , where is the sound level in decibels, i is the intensity of sound, and is the smallest sound intensity that can be heard by the human ear (roughly equal to watts/m2).

What is the expression in factored form? -20x^2 - 12x a. 4x(5x+3) b. -4x(5x-3) c. -4(5x+3) d. -4x(5x+3)

How to find the exponential function y=ca^x, with points (1,2) and (2,1)