What is the product

(4s+3)(5s^2+ 10s+3)

The spring the owner of a sporting good store decreases the price of winter gloves from $10 to $8 each increases the price of swimming goggles from $8 to $10 without doing the math you think the percent decrease in the price of the gloves the same as the percent increase of the goggles explain why or why not

Expresa commuter train leaves downtown sation and travels at a average speed of 55 miles per hour towards the north side sation, which is 50miles away. thirty minutes later, express commuter train #7 leaves north side and travels at a average speed of 35miles per hour towards downtown sation. at the moment the two trains pass each other, how far(in miles) is train #12 from the downtown sation and how long(in minutes) has the #12 train been traveling

How is working backward similar to solving an equation?