Angad was thinking of a number. angad adds 20 to it, then doubles it and gets an answer of 53. what was the original number?

Ican figure out 20 shares multiply by $117.98 =2359.6920 shares multiply by $124.32=2486.40then take 40 shares multiply by $128.48=5139.20after that i'm lost any be greatly appreciated.

Which of the following expressions is equal to 2x^2+8

The manufacturer of a new product developed the following expression to predict the monthly profit, in thousands of dollars, from sales of the productwhen it is sold at a unit price of x dollars.-0.5x^2 + 22x - 224what is represented by the zero(s) of the expression? a.the profit when the unit price is equal to 0b.the unit price(s) when the profit is equal to 0c.the profit when the unit price is greatestd.the unit price(s) when profit is greatest