Please help this is a timed test

Solve the x in the equation x^2+14x+17=-96

What is the range of the function? f(x)=-2|x+1|? a. all real numbers. b. all real numbers less than or equal to 0. c. all real numbers less than or equal to 1. d. all real numbers greater than or equal to 1

Consider a bag that contains 220 coins of which 6 are rare indian pennies. for the given pair of events a and b, complete parts (a) and (b) below. a: when one of the 220 coins is randomly selected, it is one of the 6 indian pennies. b: when another one of the 220 coins is randomly selected (with replacement), it is also one of the 6 indian pennies. a. determine whether events a and b are independent or dependent. b. find p(a and b), the probability that events a and b both occur.