To solve the system of linear equations 8x+ 5y = 18 and 6x+y=-2 by using the linear combination method, Amos decided that
he should first multiply the second equation by -5 and then add the two equations together to eliminate the y-terms. His
calculations are as shown.

Abarbecue sold 26 hamburgers and hot dogs. hamburgers sell for $3.50 each and hot dogs sell for $2.00 each. if the barbecue made $70 in sales, determine and state the number of hot dogs sold.

An annual marathon covers a route that has a distance of approximately 26 miles. winning times for this marathon are all over 2 hours. the following data are the minutes over 2 hours for the winning male runners over two periods of 20 years each. earlier period 14 12 15 22 13 10 19 13 9 14 20 18 16 20 23 12 18 17 6 13 recent period 7 11 7 14 8 9 11 14 8 7 9 8 7 9 9 9 9 8 10 8 (a) make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the earlier period. use two lines per stem. (use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. enter none in any unused answer blanks. for more details, view how to split a stem.) minutes beyond 2 hours earlier period 0 1 2 (b) make a stem-and-leaf display for the minutes over 2 hours of the winning times for the recent period. use two lines per stem. (use the tens digit as the stem and the ones digit as the leaf. enter none in any unused answer blanks.) minutes beyond 2 hours recent period (c) compare the two distributions. how many times under 15 minutes are in each distribution

Find the condition that the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x^3+3px^2+3px+r may be in a.p.