[fnm1214]

I need help in solving a couple of problems that I am still really stuck with even though I have tried lots of ways of solving it and don't feel that my answers are correct. Please help! I want full detail on each problem so that I can understand how to begin and complete the problems.

1. Solve by completing the square: 2t sqrd-3t-8=0

2. Simplify by Factoring: 125a sqrd (this problem is square-rooted)

3. Multiply and Simplify: 6a (square-rooted) 18a (square-rooted)

4. Find an equation of variation in which y varies directly as x, and the following is true: y=650, when x=175

5. The time t required to empty a tank varies inversely as the rate r of pumping. A pump can empty a tank in 90 minutes at the rate of 1200 L/min. How long will it take the pump to empty the tank at the rate of 2000 L/min.

6. Solve by using the principle of zero products: (1/9-3x)(1/5+2x)=0

7. Factor Completely: 2t sqrd+11t+12

Those are the problems that I cannot seem to solve correctly. Please help me! Thanks!

[reinsuranc]

This was not a "couple of problems." You're not expecting us to do all your homework, are you?

Why don't you show us how far you got on each of them and we can show you where you might have gone wrong.