The sum of half a number and two-thirds of the number is less than 14

The parabola x= √y-9 opens: a.)up b.)down c.)right d.)left

Candy lives in the center of town. her friend darlene lives 28 miles to the east and her friend dana lives 21 miles north. approximately how far do dana and darline live apart ?

George writes the mixed number as sum and uses the distributive property 1/2.-2/5=1/2-2+2/5=1/2