Explain why there is no real number value of b that can cause y=4x^2+bx-1 to be tangent to the x-axis​

Samantha swam upstream for some distance in one hour. she then swam downstream the same river for the same distance in only 12 minutes. if the river flows at 4 mph, how fast can samantha swim in still water?

Apark is in the shape of a rectangle. the park authorities are planning to build a 2-meter-wide jogging path in the park (shown as the shaded region in the image). what is the area of the jogging path? plz

(! ) three cylinders have a height of 8 cm. cylinder 1 has a radius of 1 cm. cylinder 2 has a radius of 2 cm. cylinder 3 has a radius of 3 cm. find the volume of each cylinder