I need help on number #16

Mr. walker gave his class the function f(x) = (x + 3)(x + 5). four students made a claim about the function. each student’s claim is below. jeremiah: the y-intercept is at (15, 0). lindsay: the x-intercepts are at (–3, 0) and (5, 0). stephen: the vertex is at (–4, –1). alexis: the midpoint between the x-intercepts is at (4, 0). which student’s claim about the function is correct?

Explain how you can use the associative property to evaluate (7x50)x4.

Samantha is growing a garden in her back yard. she spend $90 setting up the garden bed and buying the proper garden supplies. in addition, each seed she plants cost $0.25. a. write the function f(x) that represents samantha's total cost on her garden. b. explain what x represents. c. explain what f(x) represents. d. if samantha plants 55 seeds, how much did she spend in total?