2 1/4 pounds are left of the clay :)
Answer:
Wednesday (9 weeks later) = 10th October.
Step-by-step explanation:
We label the days with the initials of the names.
M= 4
D = 7
B = 6
LCM of 6 +7 = 42
LCM of 6+7 + 4 = 84
We find 84 is the amount of days we need to add on to july 18th
We first find the weeks 84/7 = 9 weeks.
As Wednesday July 18th is exclusive it would be 84 days after this event.
18+ 84 = 102 days.
31 days in july = 31
31 days in Aug = 31
30 days in Sept = 30
= 92
102-92 = 10
We now know date is Wednesday 10th October
We can check 84 days = 9 weeks
13 days in July makes 31st july
31 days in Aug makes 31st Aug
30 days in Sept makes 30th Sept
= 74 days + 10 days = 84
10th October is the checked date and we know it is also a Wednesday as Wednesday had stayed exclusive and prove that there are 7 days in the week to account x 9, to account for an exact 9 weeks later duration.
Its probably a fraction.
You would know the answer if you researched what your question was on google
Answer: 
a=-3
b=-9
Step-by-step explanation:

m=3
Plug it in and it should work
3-2 =1 over 4 which is the same as 5 over 20 because both as a percentage equal 25% or 1/4 or 0.25 if you put it in a calculator as calculators provide decimal answers