8 x - 4 (5 - x) = -44
mutiply the bracket by -4
(-4)(5) = -20
(-4)(-x)= 4x
8x-20+4x= -44
8x+4x-20= -44 ( combine like terms )
12x-20= -44
move -20 to the other side
sign changes from -20 to +20
12x-20+20= -44+20
12x= -44+20
12x= -24
divide both sides by 12
12x/12= -24/12
Answer: x= -2
X - the number of pencils
y - the number of pens
She has twice as many pencils as she has pens.
Tom borrows a pen, so she has y-1 pens. Now she has ten less pens than pencils.
Set 2y and y+9 equal to each other:
She has 9 pens.
Answer:
B) -3/2
Step-by-step explanation:
If [x/2]=0 then x/2 is a number such that the least integer greater than or equal to x/2 is 0. We can rewrite this as the inequality x/2≤0. Then, the value of x in C, D and E is wrong because they are positive numbers, then x/2 would be a positive number which contradicts this inequality.
Now, 0 is the least integer that satisfies this inequality, therefore we cannot have that x/2≤-1 since -1 is an integer and -1<0. Then x/2>-1. This discards A as wrong, because for x=-2, x/2=-1, contrary to x/2>-1.
Thus B is the right answer. To verify, if x=-3/2, then x/2=-3/4 and we have that -1<-3/4≤0 as required.
So I'm hoping you mean 6, or else the probability is 0. So the possible ways of getting a sum of 6 is 1&5, 2&4, 3&3, 4&2, 5&1. There are 36 different ways of rolling the dice, so divide the 5 possible ways by 36. Then, we need to add the possibility of getting at least one 6 in the roll. It doesn't matter what the other die is, so for each die, the probability is 1/6, and for both, the probability is 2/6. Add this to the probability of getting a sum of 6, and you get your answer.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
5x - 3 = 2(3x - 5)
5x - 3 = 6x - 10
6x - 5x = 10 - 3
x = 7
QS = 3(7) - 5 = 16 units
PR = 5 × 7 - 3 = 32 units
