Add 2p² to each side of the equation. Then you have
2p² + 16p + 24 = 0 .
Before you roll up your sleeves and start working on it, you can make it
even more convenient if you divide each side by 2 . Then you have:
p² + 8p + 12 = 0 .
Now you have a nice, comfortable, familiar-looking quadratic equation.
You can either factor the left side into (p + 6) (p + 2), or, if you can't find
the factors, you can apply the quadratic formula to it.
That's how to solve it, and find its two solutions.
If it is compounded annually, this will be 850(1.014)^5 which equals $911.19
Multiply length times width to find the area. 6.5x11= 71.5
Yes the quotient of 9 is rational
