Brooklyn Technical High School surveyed its students about their favorite sports. The 487 students who listed soccer as
their favorite sport represented 17 fewer students than
three times the number of students who listed basketball
as their favorite sport. Write and solve an equation to
determine how many students listed basketball as their
favorite sport.

Zoe placed colored blocks on a scale in science class. each block weighed 0.8 ounces. the total weight of all the colored blocks was 12.8 ounces. how many blocks did zoe place on the scale? write and solve an equation to find the answer.

Find the value of p for which the polynomial 3x^3 -x^2 + px +1 is exactly divisible by x-1, hence factorise the polynomial

Answer asap ill give ! ’ a sample of radioactive material decays over time. the number of grams, y , of the material remaining x days after the sample is discovered is given by the equation y = 10(0.5)^x. what does the number 10 represents in the equation? a. the half-life of the radioactive material, in days b. the amount of the sample, in grams, that decays each day c. the time, in days, it will take for the samples to decay completely d. the size of the sample, in grams, at the time the material was discovered