What are some advantages of writing the polynomial expression -7x2 + 32x + 240 in factored form when interpreting this situation?

Look at the figure below: triangle abc is a right triangle with angle abc equal to 90 degrees. the length of ac is 5 units and the length of ab is 4 units. d is a point above c. triangle adc is a right triangle with angle dac equal to 90 degrees and dc parallel to ab. what is the length, in units, of segment cd?

Melanie is buying a bathing suit that costs 39.99. she is given a discount at the cash register of $6.00 when she scratched 15% off on a game piece for a store promotion. what will the sale price of melanie’s bathing suit be?

Alex measured the length of an item to be 3.7 cm. the actual length is 3.5 cm. what is alex’s percent error?