What value of a will make the following equation true? (x + a)(x – a) = x2 – 16
a = 2
a= 16
a=4
a = 8

Miranda is braiding her hair. then she will attach beads to the braid. she wants 1_3 of the beads to be red. if the greatest number of beads that will fit on the braid is 12,what other fractions could represent the part of the beads that are red?

Joel wants to buy a new tablet computer fram a store having a 20% off sale on all tablets. the tablet he wants has an original cost of $190. he also wants to make sure he has enough money to pay the 5% sales tax. part one joel uses the incorect expression 0.95(190)(0.8) to calculate that the tablet will cost him a total of $144.40. describe his error and write the correct expression part two how much will joel pay for the tablet show your work if you answer this question correctly you will receive a prize of 99 points good luck

Can somebody 1. what is the formula for finding the vertical distance between two points on a coordinate plane?