Which is the first step you should do when solving the equation below.
3x^2-4= 71

Dylan and dusty plan to take weekly surfing lessons together. if the 2-hour lessons are $20 per person and they plan to spend $100 each on new surfboards, what is the maximum number of lessons the two can take if the total amount spent for lessons and surfboards is at most $480?

The vet charges $45 for an office visit and $10 for each vaccination your dog needs. write an eaquation

Apinhole camera is made out of a light-tight box with a piece of film attached to one side and pinhole on the opposite side. the optimum diameter d(in millimeters) of the pinhole can be modeled by d=1.9[ (5.5 x 10^-4) l) ] ^1/2, where l is the length of the camera box (in millimeters). what is the optimum diameter for a pinhole camera if the camera box has a length of 10 centimeters