<span>3x = y + 7
</span><span> y =3x-7
</span>
<span>8x = 2y + 5
</span><span>8x = 2(3x-7) + 5
8x=6x-14+5
8x-6x=-9
2x=-9
x=-4.5
</span><span>8x = 2y + 5
</span>8(4.5)=2y+5
36=2y+5
2y=31
y=15.5
12 people ⇒8 cups
1 person ⇒ 8/12 = 2/3 cup
7 persons ⇒ 2/3 x 7 = 14/3 4 2/3 cups
Answer: She should use 4 2/3 cups of sugar.
Answer:
2. is not an equation
Step-by-step explanation:
An equation always has an equal sign. An expression doesn't
50 degrees is one while the other two are 130 degrees