How to know which way to solve a quadratic equation

(note i put the graph in so plz )the graph shows the amount of water that remains in a barrel after it begins to leak. the variable x represents the number of days that have passed since the barrel was filled, and y represents the number of gallons of water that remain in the barrel. what is the slope of the line

Prove that the sum of two consecutive exponents of the number 5 is divisible by 30.if two consecutive exponents are 5n and 5n + 1, then their sum can be written as 30.

The table shows the total distance that myra runs over different time periods. which describes myra’s distance as time increases? increasing decreasing zero constant