I need an equation and the number of friends at his party

Write the expression in simplified radical form. show all steps and work including any foil method work. (hint: use the conjugate. no decimal answers.) (9-2√3)/(12+√3)

Asays "we are both knaves" and b says nothing. exercises 24–31 relate to inhabitants of an island on which there are three kinds of people: knights who always tell the truth, knaves who always lie, and spies (called normals by smullyan [sm78]) who can either lie or tell the truth. you encounter three people, a, b, and c. you know one of these people is a knight, one is a knave, and one is a spy. each of the three people knows the type of person each of other two is. for each of these situations, if possible, determine whether there is a unique solution and determine who the knave, knight, and spy are. when there is no unique solution, list all possible solutions or state that there are no solutions. 24. a says "c is the knave," b says, "a is the knight," and c says "i am the spy."

Mr. roseanne will buy 12 1/2 pounds beef for for a cookout. the price for the first 3 pounds of beef is $4.99 per pound. after that, the price is $4.49 per pound. how much will mr.roshan pay for the beef