Achef has less than 25.8 lb of rice. she takes out 5 lb to use during the day and stores the rest in containers. each container has 2.5 lb of rice. let x represent the number of containers. how many containers will she be able to put 2.5 lb of rice in?

25.8>2.5x+5, so 20.8=2.5x, so 8.32=x. Therefore, 8 containers will be completely full.

Answer to your question: a. the fundamental theorem of algebra tells you that the equation will have two complex roots since the degree of the polynomial is 2. the roots are ​ x=1±i7√2 .number of roots=degree of polynomialhere, degree of polynomial is 2 so number of roots will be 2.hope it *_*