3/4 of a number minus -16 equals 28. what is the number ?

Trent wants to buy 2 packs of trading cards for 3 dollars each. the trading card packs that trent normally buys tend to come in packs of 6, 10, 12, or 15 cards. after selecting 2 packs, trent found that the first pack of cards cost 25 cents per card, and the second pack cost 30 cents per card. trent uses this information to write the equations below in order to compare c, the number of cards in each pack.

Write the point-slope form of the line passing through (2, -12) and parallel to y=3x.

Use sigma notation to represent the following series for 9 terms.