20x^2-12x-8 a. (10x+2) (2x+5)
b.(5x+2) (4x-4)
c. (5x-2) (4x+4)
d. (10x-2) (2x-5)

the ^ means exponent and the 2 is the exponent

How do you do this geometry problem

Awater truck is filling a swimming pool. the equation that represents this relationship is y=19.75x where y is the number of gallons of water in the pool and x is the number of minutes the truck has been filling the pool.

Fran has 7 sheets of paper for a coloring project. if she only uses 1/3of a sheet of paper per draing how many drawings can ahe make?