Solve quadratic equation by factoring.

x = -5 and x = -9.

Step-by-step explanation:

To factor this, we need to find two numbers that add to 14 and multiply to 45.  These are 5 and 9.  Therefore, this equation factors to (x + 5)(x + 9) = 0.  The two x values that would make this true are -5 and -9 because they would make (x + 5) and (x + 9) equal to 0 respectively.  

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)