Why did people do not give awards for a new invention in maths

Tomas is making trail mix using granola and walnuts. he can spend a total of $12 on the ingredients. he buys 3 pounds of granola that costs $2.00 per pound. the walnuts cost $6 per pound. he uses the equation to represent the total cost, where x represents the number of pounds of granola and y represents the number of pounds of walnuts. he solves the equation for y, the number of pounds of walnuts he can buy. answer- b tomas added 6 to both sides of the equation instead of subtracting 6. just took the test

Two students were asked if they liked to read. is this a good example of a statistical question? why or why not? a yes, this is a good statistical question because a variety of answers are given. b yes, this is a good statistical question because there are not a variety of answers that could be given. c no, this is not a good statistical question because there are not a variety of answers that could be given. no, this is not a good statistical question because there are a variety of answers that could be given

Could somebody me with this radical simplification?