How would I explain that completing the square and using the quadratic formula to solve an expression would be equivalent in age appropriate (8th-9th grade) wording?

Suppose you are an avid reader and are looking to save money on the cost of books instead of paying about $20 for each book, you decide to look into purchasing a kindle for $120 you can purchase e-books for about $5 each 1. find the slope-intercept equation for the cost of the hard copy of books using x to represent the number of books 2. find the slope-intercept equation for the cost of the kindle with cost of e-books using x to represent the number of books

15 points what is the end behavior of this graph? & what is the asymptote of this graph?

Marquise has 200 meters of fencing to build a rectangular garden. the garden's area (in square meters) as a function of the garden's width w w (in meters) is modeled by: a ( w ) = − w 2 + 1 0 0 w a(w)=−w 2 +100w what side width will produce the maximum garden area? meters