8(5a+3)=? i need to figure out the answer or just how to find the answer

Isabelle is mixing red and blue paint to make purple paint she adds 3/10 of a fluid ounce of red to 12/25 of a fluid ounce of blue to make 1 1/30 fluid ounces of purple how many fluid ounces of red paint ounces of red paint will she need to make 3 fluid ounces of purple paint

Molly planted vegetables in 0.6 of her garden and flowers in the rest of it. she planted green beans in 0.4 of the vegetable section of the garden. how much of her garden was planted with green beans?

If a and b are real numbers, then |a-b| is always, sometimes or never equal to |b-a| ?