Find the value of x that makes DEF ~ XYZ

Cora bought a package of erasers. there are 4 pink erasers and 12 blue erasers. what is the ratio of pink erasers to blue erasers?

Apositive number a or the same number a increased by 50% and then decreased by 50% of the result?

The position of a moving particle is given by the position function: f(t)=-9t-t^2-0.2t^3+0.1t^4 0 a. at what time does the particle reverse direction? b. when is the displacement positive? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation) c. when is the displacement negative? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation) d. when is the particle’s acceleration positive? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation) e. when is the particle’s acceleration negative? (round one decimal place and answer in interval notation)