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Answer:
4 pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
Let b represent the pounds of bananas Mrs. Davis bought. The weight of strawberries would be (7-b) and their cost would be 4×0.50 = 2.00 per pound. Her total purchase was ...
0.50b + 2.00(7 -b) = 8.00
-1.50b +14 = 8 . . . . simplify
6 = 1.50b . . . . . . add 1.50b -8
4 = b . . . . . . . . divide by 1.50
Mrs. Davis bought 4 pounds of bananas.
Answer:
The speed with which Ryan was rowing was 4 mph
Step-by-step explanation:
With a small boat, Ryan wants to row towards an island and come back at a speed of x mph and the island is 20 miles away from him.
Therefore, total 20 + 20 = 40 miles he rowed for 5 hours.
On the way to the island, there was a wind of 4 mph in the direction of his motion and on the way back also there was a wind of 4 mph in the direction of his motion.
So, in the total journey, he has a speed of (x + 4) mph.
Therefore,
⇒ x + 4 = 8
⇒ x = 4 mph.
Therefore, the speed with which Ryan was rowing was 4 mph. (Answer)
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Common Factors</u>
An algebraic expression that is formed by sums or subtractions of terms can be factored provided there are numeric or variable common factors in all the terms.
The following expression

Can be factored in the constants and in the variable x.
1. To find the common factor of the variable, we must locate if the variable is present in all terms. If so, we take the common factor as the variable with an exponent which is the lowest of all the exponents found throughout the different terms. In this case, the lowest exponent is x (exponent 1).
2. To find the common factors of the constants, we take all the coefficients:
12 - 20 - 32
and find the greatest common divisor of them, i.e. the greatest number all the given numbers can be divided by. This number is 4, since 12/4=3, 20/4=5 and 32/4=8
3. The factored expression is

