Step 1) Combine like terms/variables.
7y and -2y are similar, combine them.
7+(-2y)=5y
3x has no similar variables, so it stays the same
3 and 6 are similar, without variables, combine them.
3+6=9
The final answer is 5y+3x+9
5 halves left from 0 is -2.5
-3.5 is further left than -2.5 so B
Answer:
w==77
Step-by-step explanation:
The sum of the 2 opposite interior angles equals the exterior angle.
w-36 +w-20=w+21
combine like terms: 2w-56=w+21
subtract w from both sides: w-56=21
add 56 to both sides: <u>w=77</u>
I’m assuming what you’re asking here is how to *factor* this expression. For that, let’s rearrange the expression into a more familiar form:
-c^2-4c+21
From here, we’ll factor out a -1 so that we have:
-(c^2+4c-21)
Let’s focus on the quadratic expression inside the parentheses. To find our factors (c + x)(c + y), we’ll need to find two terms x and y that multiply together to make -21 and add together to make 4. It turns out that the numbers -3 and 7 work out perfectly for that purpose (-3 x 7 = -21 and 7 + (-3) = 4), so substituting them in for x and y, we have:
(c + (-3))(c + 7)
(c - 3)(c + 7)
And adding back on the negative from a few steps earlier:
-(c - 3)(c + 7)
