Simplify the following.
12x-3 (y-x) ​

Imagine a new pasture with grass growing on it. every day after the seeds have germinated, the number of blades of grass in the pasture triples. after 18 days, the entire pasture is completely covered in grass. how many days did it take for the pasture to be one-third covered in grass?

Inez has a phone card. the graph shows the number of minutes that remain on her phone card a certain number of days.

Arestaurant chef made 1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce. each serving of pasta requires 1/2 of a jar of sauce. how many servings of pasta will the chef be bale to prepare using the sauce?