15.Dylan has 400 more
17. 426 divided by 10= 42.6
X - the percent of increase

The percent of increase is approximately 23.8%.
Answer:
$1025
Step-by-step explanation:
We can use the 2-point form of the equation of a line to write a function that gives Justin's salary as a function of his sales.
We start with (sales, salary) = (400, 500) and (700, 575)
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The 2-point form of the equation of a line is ...
y = (y2 -y1)/(x2 -x1)(x -x1) +y1
salary = (575 -500)/(700 -400)(sales -400) +500
salary = 75/300(sales -400) +500
For sales of 2500, this will be ...
salary = (1/4)(2500 -400) +500 = (2100/4) +500 = 1025
Justin's salary after selling $2500 in merchandise is $1025.
= > x² + 7x + 12 = 12
= > x² + ( 4 + 3 )x + 12 = 12
= > x² + 4x + 3x + 12 = 12
= > x( x + 4 ) + 3( x + 4 ) = 12
= > ( x + 4 ) ( x + 3 ) = 12
Percy did correct till this step. But by doing like this, Percy can't get the values of the variable x.
Percy should follow the following steps :
= > x² + 7x + 12 = 12
Add -12 on both sides,
= > x² + 7x + 12 - 12 = 12 - 12
= > x² + 7x = 0
= > x( x + 7 ) = 0
= > ( x = 0 ) or ( x + 7 = 0 )
= > ( x = 0 ) or ( x = - 7 )
Hence, required value(s) of x is 0 or -7