Simplify: a^3 - 4a^2 - 5 - (2a^3 + 3)

Miranda is braiding her hair.then she will attach beads to the braid.she wants 1_3 of the beads to be red.if the greatest number of beads that will fit on the braid is 12,what other fractions could represent the part of the beads that are red?

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126

At a kentucky friend chicken, a survey showed 2/3 of all people preferred skinless chicken over the regular chicken. if 2,400 people responded to the survey, how many people preferred regular chicken?