What's the difference between five times a number and twelve

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?

Pls never taught i’m really confused and i rlly need

One of the solutions to x2 - 2x – 15 = 0 is x = -3. what is the other solution? ox=-5 ox= -1 0 x=1 x = 5