The school cafeteria is offering a choice of two side dishes at lunch today, either watermelon or french fries. The ratio of the number of orders of french fries to the total number of side dishes ordered is 9:14.

Answer

There a 9 fries for every 14 orders of watermelon.

answer: standard form is ax^2 + bx + c = 0

step-by-step explanation:

standard form is ax^2 + bx + c = 0

(2x + 1)(x - 2) = 0

distribute to get into standard form

2x^2 - 4x + x - 2 = 0

2x^2 - 3x - 2 = 0

a = 2, b= -3, c = -2

a is your answer