The answer is "<span>the number of times the account compounds interest</span>".
The general formula is the following:

wherein r is the interest rate compound each four months.
Since there is 3*4 months in a year, then each year we compute the interest Three time, there where the factor 3 comes.
-x/8<-1/2. Use the reverse order of operations to solve this. So, as both sides are negative, multiply them by -1 to get you to x/8>1/2, as multiplying by a negative flips the symbol. Solve that by multiplying 1/2 to 8/1. Multiply the numerators and denominators, to give you 8/2. Simplified, x>4
Answer:
y=2x-7
Step-by-step explanation:
y-y1=m(x-x1)
y-(-1)=2(x-3)
y+1=2x-6
y=2x-6-1
y=2x-7