88 divided by 1/4 can be placed like this: 88/1 divided by 1/4, which should lead to an answer of 22/1 or 22. Then you add 20, so 22 plus 20 would equal 42. 42 is the correct answer.
John has borrowed $6.50 from his friends and $11.75 from his sister. To find how much money he needs to repay you can just add up the amount of money he has borrowed.
Make an equation to solve for this, where x = amount of money John needs to repay. Make the amount of money John borrowed add up to x. Your equation should look like:
$6.50 + $11.75 = x
Combine like terms (add 6.50 and 11.75).
$18.25 = x
After solving the equation, you have figured out that John need to repay $18.25 in total.
The rational root theorem states that the rational roots of a polynomial can only be in the form p/q, where p divides the constant term, and q divides the leading term.
In your case, both the leading term 5 and the constant term 11 are primes, so their only divisors are 1 and themselves.
So, the only feasible solutions are

For the record, in this case, none of the feasible solutions are actually a root of the polynomial.
1st. is definitely 150.
2nd. is a i think
3rd. is 100