The answer here is C. The sign of the factors are both positive. We can use the FOIL method as reference in determining the sign of the factors. The 3rd term C is positive; therefore our only option is either both negative or both positive. Looking the middle term, which is positive, we know that the middle term is the sum of the outer and inner in FOIL method, which means, signs of the factors must be both positive
The answer is x=7 and y=3
Around 6 hours (exact decimal would be 5.99865). I did this by multiplying 14.85*40 (getting 594). After that, I subtracted 594 from 727.65 (getting 133.65), then multiplying 14.85 by 1.5, getting 22.28, and then, I did 133.65/22.28, getting 5.99865, which I rounded to 6.
