1) 8 turning points means 8 vertices, which implies minimum degree 9 (when the polynomial is x^2 the degree is 2 and it has one turning point).
2) 5 turning points means minimum degree 6, 3 zeros means minimum degree 3, the multiplication implies minimum degree 6+3 = 9
3) 5 times crossing the x - axis is 5 zeros, then the minimum degree is 5.
4) f(x)=x^14 + x^6 + x^9 + x^3,maximum number of turning points 14 -1 = 3 (remember one less than the grade is the maximum posible number of turning points, but it could be less, for example f(x) = x^2 has one turning point).
So the distributive property is going to be multiplying what's inside the parenthesis times -2, which equals -2/3x+2/5
182=288 so 74 76 78 80 82 ×2 == 76 78 80 82 84 ans the range is 2920
ANSWER
Alex needs to mix one pound of dried fruit with

pounds of walnuts.
EXPLANATION
It was given that, Alex mixes

pounds of walnuts with

pounds of dried fruit.
We can write the ratio,

Let

represent how many pounds of walnuts Alex needs to mix with one pound of dried fruit.
Then we can again write the ratio,

We can therefore write the proportion,

This can be rewritten as,

We solve for x to obtain,

This implies that,


Hence Alex needs to mix

pounds of walnuts with one pound of dried fruit.
I guess you mean the derivative of:
√7x + √2x, if so then:
Remember that the derivative of √u = 1/(2√u) . u'
if 7x = u, then u' = 7 , hence the derivative of √7x is 7/(2√7x)
Use same logic for √2x and you will find:
y' = 7/(2√7x) + x/√2x