What are some advantages to writing a direct variation equation rather than solving a problem using a proportion

10% of 1,900,000. show me how you got the answer

Hell . what are the solutions to `10x^2 - 38x - 8 = 0`? is this when i find the factors and use the numbers within the factors to determine the zeros? i hope that made sense lol

List x1, x2, x3, x4 where xi is the midpoint endpoint of the five equal intervals used to estimate the area under the curve of f(x) between x = 0 and x = 10.