When do you not use the completing the square method

Sam makes his sales calls according to a pattern. he travels either north or south depending on the calendar. some of his past trips were as follows: on february 17, april 24, june 10, september 19, and november 3 he drove north. on february 28, may 25, august 22, november 20, and december 18, he drove south. describe sams' pattern. in which direction will sam drive on oct4 and oct 24?

(! ) three cylinders have a height of 8 cm. cylinder 1 has a radius of 1 cm. cylinder 2 has a radius of 2 cm. cylinder 3 has a radius of 3 cm. find the volume of each cylinder

Solve 3x-18=2y and 5x-6y=6 by elimination show work