P=15.5 would be the answer
If you follow PEMDAS
P-parentheses
E-exponent
M-multiplication
D-divide
a-addition
s-subtraction
then you should look in the parentheses and multiplying 3x should be your first step IF you know x
hope this helps :)
I don’t know the answer but I can tell you how to do it subtract starting value minus final value divide that amount by the absolute value of the starting value multiply by 100 to get percent decrease if the percentage is negative it means there was an increase not a decrease
XY - X + 2Y -2 =X(Y-1) + 2(Y-1) = 2X(Y-1)
