Width of a rectangle with the length of x+6 and area x^3+2x^3-5x-66

Rachel reads 1/5 of the pages of a book plus 12 pages on the first day. on the second day, she reads 1/4 of the remaining pages plus 15 pages. on the third day, she reads 1/3 of the remaining pages plus 18 pages. on the fourth day, she reads the remaining 70 pages. how many total pages are in the book?

Mexico city, mexico, is the world's second largest metropolis and is also one of its fastest-growing cities with a projected growth rate of 3.2% per year. its population in 1991 was 20,899,000 people. use the formula p = 20.899e0.032t to predict its population p in millions with t equal to the number of years after 1991. what is the predicted population to the nearest thousand of mexico city for the year 2010?

Explain how you can use the associative property to evaluate (7x50)x4.