When 8 is subtracted from the square of a number, the result is 7times the number. Find the positive solution

Samantha swam upstream for some distance in one hour. she then swam downstream the same river for the same distance in only 12 minutes. if the river flows at 4 mph, how fast can samantha swim in still water?

The vertices of a rectangle are given in the columns of the matrix . if is found to perform a transformation, what are the coordinates of the transformed rectangle? (0, 0), (0, –3), (–3, –3), (–3, 0) (0, 0), (0, 3), (3, 3), (3, 0) (0, 0), (0, 3), (–3, –3), (–3, 0) (0, 0), (0, 3), (–3, 3), (–3, 0)

The scale for a map is 20 miles = 1/2 inch. the distance between two towns on the map is 3 3/4 inches. what is the actual distance between these towns? 150 miles 38 miles 75 miles 135 miles