What is the value of x in the equation 3(2x+8)=0

Ricky takes out a $31,800 student loan to pay his expenses while he is in college. after graduation, he will begin making payments of $190.66 per month for the next 30 years to pay off the loan. how much more will ricky end up paying for the loan than the original value of $31,800? ricky will end up paying $ more than he borrowed to pay off the loan.

One hectometer is a) 1/1000 of a meter. b) 1/100 of a meter. c) 10 meters. d) 100 meters. e) 1000 meters.

Afactory buys 10% of its components from suppliers b and the rest from supplier c. it is known that 6% of the components it buys are faulty. of the components brought from suppliers a,9% are faulty and of the components bought from suppliers b, 3% are faulty. find the percentage of components bought from supplier c that are faulty.