While i was solving the equation for the first try i got it wrong but on the second try i need from my friend he said i must multiply it by 12 then i got the answer. the question is when i solve the equation how do you guys get the 12? i don’t know how you get it but pls. tell me how.

Asays "we are both knaves" and b says nothing. exercises 24–31 relate to inhabitants of an island on which there are three kinds of people: knights who always tell the truth, knaves who always lie, and spies (called normals by smullyan [sm78]) who can either lie or tell the truth. you encounter three people, a, b, and c. you know one of these people is a knight, one is a knave, and one is a spy. each of the three people knows the type of person each of other two is. for each of these situations, if possible, determine whether there is a unique solution and determine who the knave, knight, and spy are. when there is no unique solution, list all possible solutions or state that there are no solutions. 24. a says "c is the knave," b says, "a is the knight," and c says "i am the spy."

According to the 2008 u.s. census, california had a population of approximately 4 × 10^7 people and florida had a population of approximately 2 × 10^7 people. which of the following is true? a. the population of florida was approximately two times the population of california. b. the population of florida was approximately twenty times the population of california. c. the population of california was approximately twenty times the population of florida. d. the population of california was approximately two times the population of florida.

Factor the trinomial below. 12x^2 - 32x - 12 a. 4(3x+3)(x-1) b. 4(3x+1)(x-3) c. 4(3x+6)(x-2) d. 4(3x+2)(x-6)