I have a discussion due I need at least a few sentences explaining "What would you do first: distribute a coefficient over every term in parentheses or combine like terms in parentheses? Why?"

Subscriptions to a popular fashion magazine have gone down by a consistent percentage each year and can be modeled by the function y = 42,000(0.96)t. what does the value 42,000 represent in the function?

Math i have no idea how to do a and b

Which statement is true about the extreme value of the given quadratic equation? a. the equation has a maximum value with a y-coordinate of -21. b. the equation has a maximum value with a y-coordinate of -27. c. the equation has a minimum value with a y-coordinate of -21. d. the equation has a minimum value with a y-coordinate of -27.