What should substitution should've ended used to rewrite x^8-3x^4+2=0 as a quadratic equation

Simplify.7x + 3y - 2 + 6x + 1 + y squared 2 you! ; )

The standard distance between studs in a house is 1.5 feet. if you have a set of blueprints for a house that mark every 1.5 feet with 2 in., by how many inches will a 13-foot wall be represented?

You were told that the amount of time lapsed between consecutive trades on the new york stock exchange followed a normal distribution with a mean of 15 seconds. you were also told that the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades to fall between 16 to 17 seconds was 13%. the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades would fall below 13 seconds was 7%. what is the probability that the time lapsed between two consecutive trades will be between 14 and 15 seconds?