How do you simplify this?

Do some research and find a city that has experienced population growth. determine its population on january 1st of a certain year. write an exponential function to represent the city’s population, y, based on the number of years that pass, x after a period of exponential growth. describe the variables and numbers that you used in your equation.

41/17 as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth

Lines a and b are parallel. what is the value of x? -5 -10 -35 -55