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This race was first held in 1953 on august 16th. every decade the race finishes with a festival. how many years is this?

Its due ! write an equation in which the quadratic expression 2x^2-2x 12 equals 0. show the expression in factored form and explain what your solutions mean for the equation. show your work.

If a || b and e || f , what if the value of y ?