Can someone PLEASE solve this quadratic equation by factoring?

y= x squared +2x - 2

Mrs. morton has a special reward system for her class. when all her students behave well, she rewards them by putting 3 marbles into a marble jar. when the jar has 100 or more marbles, the students have a party. right now, the the jar has 24 marbles. how could mrs. morton reward the class in order for the students to have a party?

In a two-digit number the units' digit is 7 more than the tens' digit. the number with digits reversed is three times as large as the sum of the original number and the two digits. find the number.

6cm10 cma conical paper cup has dimensions as shown in the diagram. how much water can the cup hold when full?