Ineed to know how to factor -8x^2 - x +9. i get confused when i factor out the -1. if you can show me it would be great! !

Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 25 ft3/min, and its coarseness is such that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone whose base diameter and height are always equal. how fast is the height of the pile increasing when the pile is 14 ft high? (round your answer to two decimal places.) ft/min

Norder to get a certain shade of blue paint, a mixer must have 5 parts white paint to 3 parts blue. if 4 gallons of paint must be mixed, how many gallons of white paint must be used?

You are in charge of the customer service phone line with many employees. at the end of each phone callthe customers are asked to rate their service from 1 to 5 stars, with 5 being the best. you find the averagerating for 20 randomly selected employees and decide you want to improve the ratings so you require thoseemployees to go through a new training program. you then wait a week and find the new average rating foreach employee. the average change is an increase in 1.3 stars with a standard devation of .9 stars.(a) is this data paired or not paired? (b) what are the null and alternative hypothesis being tested? (c) what is the t-statistic you would use? write the general formula and the final calculation.(d) sketch a t-distribution, label your t-statistic and the probability you would be interested in: