Urgent
Please help!
Factorise

a.

x²+3x-4

doing middle term factorization

x²+(4-1)x-4

x²+4x-x-4

x(x+4)-1(x+4)

( x+4)(x-1)

b.

x²-2x-3

x²-3x-x-3

x(x-3)-1(x-3)

(x-3)(x-1)

c.

x²+2x-8

x²+4x-2x-8

x(x+4)-2(x+4)

(x+4)(x-2)

question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.

the answer is 21%.