Why would you make one of the addends a tens number when solving and addition problem

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126

Ijust need these 2 questions answered (the second pic is just confirmation i'm not confident in that answer)

A3cm×3cm\greend{3\,\text{cm} \times 3\,\text{cm}} 3cm×3cm start color greend, 3, space, c, m, times, 3, space, c, m, end color greend rectangle sits inside a circle with radius of 4cm\blued{4\,\text{cm}} 4cm start color blued, 4, space, c, m, end color blued . what is the area of the shaded region? round your final answer to the nearest hundredth.