How to factor using grouping.

The decibel level of sound is 50 db greater on a busy street than in a quiet room where the intensity of sound is watt/m2. the level of sound in the quiet room is db, and the intensity of sound in the busy street is watt/m2. use the formula , where is the sound level in decibels, i is the intensity of sound, and is the smallest sound intensity that can be heard by the human ear (roughly equal to watts/m2).

Assume that the weights of quarters are normally distributed with a mean of 5.67 g and a standard deviation 0.070 g. a vending machine will only accept coins weighing between 5.48 g and 5.82 g. what percentage of legal quarters will be rejected? round your answer to two decimal places.

(x-5)1/2+5=2 what is a possible solution?