Discussion
The discriminate is b^2 - 4*a*c
The general equation for a quadratic is ax^2 + bx + c
In this equation's case
a = 1
b= -5
c = - 3
Solve
(-5)^2 - 4*(1)*(-3)
25 - (-12)
25 + 12
37
Note
Since the discriminate is > 0, the roots are real and different. The roots do exist and there are 2 of them.
Answer:
b part is the correct answer
It is given in the question that
Anna buys 12 pens and 20 pencils for a total cost of $16. One pen costs $0.40 more than a pencil.
Let the cost of pencil is $ x .
Therefore cost of pen is

According to the question

Distributing 12 and combining like terms, we will get

Therefore cost of pencil is $0.35 and cost of pen is

ANSWER
The length of the diagonal is 5 ft
EXPLANATION
The diagram of the rug with the diagonal is:
The diagonal and the sides form a right triangle, so we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find x, the length of the diagonal: