Acyclist rides into the country at an average speed of 10 miles per hour. when his bicycle gets a flat tire, he walks it back at an average speed of 3 miles per hour. if he returns home 6 and a half hours after he starts, how far into the country does he go?

For a read-a-thon, jay and odhràn each started reading a book at the same time and continued reading for several hours. jay's book had 278 pages, and he read 55 pages per hour. odhràn's book had 238 pages, and he read 45 pages per hour. after how many hours did they have the same number of pages left, and how many pages were left?

Fabian harvests 10 pounds of tomatoes from his garden. he needs 225 pounds to make a batch of soup. if he sets aside 2.8 pounds of tomatoes to make spaghetti sauce, how many batches of soup can fabian make?

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.