Im not sure what the question is asking but my guess would be c)18.
With some simple rearrangement, we can rewrite the numerator as

Then factorizing the difference of squares,
, we end up with

Answer:
I'm not sure how to answer this.
Step-by-step explanation:
Is this the full question? The context seems to be missing something. Who are Ben and Scott and who are the other 2 candidates?
Maybe post another question and rephrase it.
Y=1/3[-3]-2 I think is the answer
<span>You want to buy a bouquet of yellow roses and baby's breath for $16.the baby's breath costs $3.50 per bunch,and the roses cost $2.50 each.you want one bunch of baby's breath and some roses for your bouquet.how many roses can you buy?</span>