Can someone help me with this please?

15 points ! ~ see if you know the answer to both you!

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.

School has 204 sixth grade students. if the sixth grade is 30% of the total school, how many students are in the middle school?