ANSWER

EXPLANATION
The given product is:

We expand using the distributive property to obtain:

Extract the perfect squares to get:

Expand further to get;

This simplifies to,

The point (4,y) has a known x coordinate of x = 4. The y coordinate is unknown right now so we'll just call it y.
Draw a vertical line (see side note below) through 4 on the x axis. I've done so in red (see attached image). The red line crosses the graph at the point (4,1) so this tells us that
y = 1Answer: y = 1
Side Note: you don't have to draw a vertical red line but it's handy to see how it works out. After you get used to these types of problems, you can visually be able to see the answer without these extra lines.
a) The expression to find the sale price of pastry = 0.75 x
b) The regular price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.70
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1 :
Let x be the regular price of the pastry in the bakery
Percentage of discount = 25%
Amount of discount = 0.25 x
The expression to find the sale price of pastry = x - 0.25 x = 0.75 x
Step 2 :
Sale price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.03 = 0.75 x
<u>To find the regular price</u>
0.75x = 2.03
x =
= 2.70
Regular price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.70
Step 3 :
Answer :
a) The expression to find the sale price of pastry = 0.75 x
b) The regular price of the pastry bought by Kimberly = $2.70