Can anyone help me with this math equation?

The number of electoral votes each state is assigned is determined by the size of its population every ten years. the chart shows the number of electoral votes california was assigned each decade of the past century. what is the 3rd quartile of the data?

The decibel level of sound is 50 db greater on a busy street than in a quiet room where the intensity of sound is watt/m2. the level of sound in the quiet room is db, and the intensity of sound in the busy street is watt/m2. use the formula , where is the sound level in decibels, i is the intensity of sound, and is the smallest sound intensity that can be heard by the human ear (roughly equal to watts/m2).

Solve each quadratic equation by factoring and using the zero product property. x^2 + 18x = 9x