Answer: 30 goldfish
Step-by-step explanation: Bruce has 18 goldfish. If Isabelle has 5 times as many goldfish as Bruce she will have 18*5=90 goldfish. If Arlene has 1/3 times as many goldfish as Isabelle she will have 90/3=30 goldfish.


Synthetic division yields
-3 | 1 5 4 -6
. | -3 -6 6
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
. | 1 2 -2 0
which translates to

with remainder 0. Now by the quadratic formula,

and so
A(x) = P(1.02)^x
A(x) = P(1 + 0.02)^x
A(x) = P(1 + r)^x
Therefore rate of change = 0.02 = 2%
You would end up with an equation of 8 - y/15.