Gorge spent d dollars at the game store he paid the cashier 30 dollars. He received $8.75 in change. Write an equation and solve to find how much Gorge spent.

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?

On #16 : explain how factoring a trinomial, ax^2+ bx+ c, when a does not equal 1 different from factoring a trinomial when a = 1.

You are living in aldine, tx and you are planning a trip to six flags in arlington, tx. you look on a map that has a scale of 0.5 inches to 30 miles. if the map shows the scale distance from aldine to arlington is 4 inches, how far is the actual distance?