Answer:
a.
b. 3
c. 
d. 
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a simple quadratic formula "substitution".
Essentially what you do is replace the "b" in the formula given above, with a "b" value from your given choices, same goes for "a" and "c" values.
You replace them and then solve the quadratic formula equation.
Ex. For the first set of values in your question, you make the formula into:
And there you would solve normally.
2 squared is 4, so you get 4 - [4 * 5 * -6]
Which after solving leaves you with: 
Then you do Prime Factorization of 124, leaving you with: 
Then you apply the radical rule, leaving you with: 
(-1, 5) because if you plug in -1 to both equations, you should get 5 from both equations. They also cross at that point, making that the solution.
Answer:
0.505 = 50.7% probability of a negative test.
Step-by-step explanation:
A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.
In this question:
142 + 6 = 148 people tested positive. Of those, 142 had the disease and 6 did not.
7 + 145 = 152 people tested negative. Of those, 7 had the disease and 145 did not.
Find the probability of getting someone who tests negative, given that he or she did not have the disease.
This is the probability of a negative test.
152 negative tests out of 148 + 152 = 300
152/300 = 0.507
0.505 = 50.7% probability of a negative test.