What decimal is equivalent to -3 1/8

The population of a small rural town in the year 2006 was 2,459. the population can be modeled by the function below, where f(x residents and t is the number of years elapsed since 2006. f(t) = 2,459(0.92)

Jeremy wants to determine the number of solutions for the equation below without actually solving the equation. which method should jeremy use?

36x2 + 49y2 = 1,764 the foci are located at: a) (-√13, 0) and (√13,0) b) (0, -√13) and (0,√13) c) (-1, 0) and (1, 0)