a rough estimate is 26 because 20+2(3)=26
3 pounds of apples are 6.36
19.75+ 2.12(3) = 26.11
Well we know that every 2 eggs requir 1 and 3/4 of flour so the easiest thing to do here (for me at least) is to round the fraction to the nearest whole number which in this case will be 1. Now that that's done we can say every 2 eggs calls for 2 cups of flour. Now all you need to do is multiply 2 by 9 to get 18 then put that in fraction form it'll be 17 and 3/4 cups of flour. I hope this helps!
All you need to do is plug -5 into the second equation and you see it is near (-5, -8). When plugged into the top, you get (-5, -27/4) which comes out to ABOUT -6.75 for the Y value. The closest is actually a tie. The first option is .8 from the first and .45 from the second leading in a total distance of 1.25. The second, which is the fellow answer, is 1.2 from the first and .05 from the second, leading to 1.25 away.
The third, which is next closest is 1.8 from the first and .55 from the second leading to a distance of over 2 from the optimal, so only the first two are answers.
