Subtract 59 from both sides, you get x=-179
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:6+6=12
12/2=6
To solve this, first solve the part of the equation in parentheses: (-4+3) = -1. Then multiply using the exponent 2 squared is 2×2 which is 4. Now the equation is -4(-1)+4. Next you multiply, -4(-1)=4. You are then left with 4+4 which equals 8.
-4(-4+3)+2 squared
-4(-1)+2 squared
-4(-1)+4
4+4
8
Garden one and two are both unknown, so I am choosing to call garden 2 X and then label garden 1 with comparisons to X.
It is tempting to list:
Garden Two = X
Garden One = X + 9
BUT there is an easier way. We are told that when 3 bushes are taken from garden 2 (x-3) and put in garden 1 (x + 12) then garden one has 1.5 times more than garden two.
Set it up like this:
1.5 ( x - 3) = x + 12 (because 1.5 times garden 2 will give us garden 1)
1.5x - 4.5 = x + 12 (Distribute)
.5x = 16.5 (Use subtraction to move variables to the right and other numb left)
x = 33 for Garden 2
33 + 9 for Garden 1 = 42
