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Sam is a waiter at a local restaurant where he earns wages of $5 per hour sam figures that he also eams about $3 in tips for each person he serves sam works 6 hours on a particular day. if n represents the number of people sam serves that day, which of the following functions could sam use to figure ehis total earings for the do o a. en) = 30 o b. en) = 5n+ 18

Prove that (x-2)is factor of p (x)=2x³-3x²-17x+30

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?