In a classroom of 24 students, five-eighths of the students brought their lunch to school. How many of the students in the classroom does this represent? (Explain how you got your answer please)

(1) 3
(2) 5
(3) 10
(4) 15
(5) 20

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An equation representing lyle’s hedge-trimming business is a = 12n - 300 where a is the amount of profit or loss in dollars and n is the number of hedges trimmed. how would the graph of lyle’s business change if the equation a = 10n - 300 represented his business? the graph would be flatter. the graph would be steeper. the graph would start closer to the origin. the graph would start lower on the y-axis.

What is the value of x in the following equation? -3x-2=2x+8

For problems 29 - 31 the graph of a quadratic function y=ax^2 + bx + c is shown. tell whether the discriminant of ax^2 + bx + c = 0 is positive, negative, or zero.