How can you group these numbers 15 divide 3x5+4x8 to equal 40

Asap the total attendance for all of a baseball league in 2012 was about 7.5×107 fans, while the attendance for the tornadoes in 2012 was about 1.5×106 fans. about how many times more was the attendance for the entire baseball league than the attendance for just the tornadoes? 50 times more 10 times more 2 times more 5 times more

After t seconds, a ball tossed in the air from the ground level reaches a height of h feet given by the equation h = 144t-16t^2. after how many seconds will the ball hit the ground before rebounding?

George writes the mixed number as sum and uses the distributive property 1/2.-2/5=1/2-2+2/5=1/2