Answer:
Step 1
Step-by-step explanation:
Mark simplified 3/5 + 5/8 using the steps below:
Step 1: 3/5 * 8/5
Step 2: 3 * 8 / 5 * 5
Step 3: 24/5
Step 4: 4 4/5
Mark's error is in Step 1 where he changed the addition sign to multiplication sign.
The correct solution is:

Answer:
a is the answer -3
Step-by-step explanation:
-3 (-3) ^2 =81
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Take half of the coefficient of x: It is 3, and half that is 3/2.
Then <span>x^2+3x=6 becomes:
</span><span> x^2+3x + (3/2)^2 =6 + (3/2)^2, and
(x+3/2)^2 = 6 + 9/4
You were not asked to solve the equation, but why not do it for the practice?
</span>Solve (x+3/2)^2 = 6 + 9/4 for x. There will be 2 values.
It does not contain an equal sign. It cannot be solved for unless the value of the variable is given.