Can someone help me plz I don’t understand and its due in a few?

Me asap on # : explain how factoring a trinomial, ax^2+ bx+ c, when a does not equal 1 different from factoring a trinomial when a = 1.

The population of a bacteria colony grows by a consistent percentage each hour and can be modeled by the function y = 500(1.16)t. what does the value 500 represent in the function?

Astandard deck of cards contains 52 cards. one card is selected from the deck. (a) compute the probability of randomly selecting a diamond or heart. (type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.) (b) compute the probability of randomly selecting a diamond or heart or club. (type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.) (c) compute the probability of randomly selecting queen or club. (type an integer or a decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.)