Distributive property :))))
Answer:
62.73 will be the correct answer
12=5x-13x-44
combine like terms
12 = -8x -44
add 44 to each side
12+44 = -8x
56= -8x
divide by -8 on each side
56/-8 = x
-7 =x
you cannot show too much "work"
basically, you remove what is common to all of the factors, and then put brackets, as it will be multiplied back in, remember that when you multiply exponents with the same base, its same as adding them, so subtract to remove...
you can seperate two of the variables , then factor, then subtract the last one from those two, because it cannot be factored out , as in part2 #2
1,000,000,000 is the smallest one.