4x - 2y = 14
y = 0.5x -1
Get just one variable on one side for both equations.
4x - 2y = 14 ⇒ 4x = 2y + 14 ⇒ 4x - 14 = 2y
y = 0.5x - 1 ⇒ x - 2 = 2y
Use the transitive property and then solve for x.
x-2 = 4x-14
12 = 3x
x = 4
<em>Edit: Apprently I didn't use substitution. Oops! Sorry...</em>
To solve this problem, just use multiplication.
You can somewhat think of this situation as a sort of tree. You start with 7 large branches representing the pants, then for every one of those you have 3 medium-sized branches to represent the pairs of pants. Each one of those has 5 sticks for the ties, which in turn each have 6 leaves to represent the jackets and therefore a complete outfit. The solution is found by getting the total number of leaves on the tree.
The answer is 4 because the d is already negative
Sally did some counting look at her work explain why you think sally counted this way 177,178,179,180,190,200,220,211,212,213,21
dimulka [17.4K]
<span>The first and last four numbers each have a difference of one between them.
The fifth number has a difference of 10 between it and the previous number.
The middle number has a difference of 20 between itself and the two numbers that surround it.
Counting in this way could have been a result of a lot of things to count, and spot checking along the way (when the numbers have a difference of 1).</span>
