Evaluate the expression for the given value of the variable. |4b-8|+|-1-b^2|+2b^3; b=2

(least common multiples) the answer that i had in the 1st step was lcm of airline tickets sold=72. idk if that even matters but just in case. ! three co-workers are busy selling airline tickets over the phone. in an 8-hour day, charles can sell 8 airline tickets, ann can sell 9 airline tickets, and michelle can sell 6 airline tickets. step 2 of 2: what is the smallest number of 8-hour days needed for each of them to achieve the same number of sales? it takes charles . it takes . it takes .

(60 points) explain this in detail

21 a stick 7 inches long is broken into two pieces, so that one piece is twice as long as the other one. how long are the two pieces?