2 solutions. This is because the parabola will cross the x axis twice. We know this because -5 means the vertex will be 5 units below the x axis. and the parabola opens upwards because the first coefficient is positive. Hope this helped :)

Putting the value of Y = 15

So, X = 200
It is false that deserts advance linearly, in easily mappable patterns.
Deserts don't really have a pattern when they are advancing - there are so many ways they can do this.