Simplify using positive exponents (1/2)^8

Josephine has a great garden with and area of 2x2 + x - 6 square feet

100 points, hi, i’m not sure what to do here,the data doesn’t seem to be quadratic .? can anyone me, in advance

When the solutions to each of the two equations below are graphed in the xy-coordinate plane, the graphs of the solutions intersect at two places. write the y-cordninates of the points of intersection in the boxes below in order from smallest to largest. y=2x y=x^2-3