86÷3 using area model, and distributive property

I've never been good at math he told he loves but he keeps cheating on me, so it ain't adding up sis

Subscriptions to a popular fashion magazine have gone down by a consistent percentage each year and can be modeled by the function y = 42,000(0.96)t. what does the value 42,000 represent in the function?

Solve each quadratic equation by factoring and using the zero product property. x^2 + 18x = 9x