Write two and five tenths in standard form

Sam makes his sales calls according to a pattern. he travels either north or south depending on the calendar. some of his past trips were as follows: on february 17, april 24, june 10, september 19, and november 3 he drove north. on february 28, may 25, august 22, november 20, and december 18, he drove south. describe sams' pattern. in which direction will sam drive on oct4 and oct 24?

Consider the following equation. 1/2x^3+x-7=-3sqrtx-1 approximate the solution to the equation using three iterations of successive approximation. use the graph below as a starting point. a. b. c. d.

How do you figure out which order to do two step equations in? like which thing do you subtract/add/multiply/divide first? i understand that you do the opposite of whatever's shown on the opposite side, but when?