You have to keep order of operations in mind.
1. Take care of the parentheses; distribute.
-3+6x-3=-20-8x
Simplified: 6x-6=-20-8x
2. Isolate the x variable.
Add 8x to both sides and add 6 to both sides.
14x=-14
3. Solve for x.
Divide by 14 on both sides.
x=-1
The correct question is
<span>Michael sold 2/3 of his CDs and purchased 16 more. If Michael has 25 CDs now, how many CDs did he have to begin with?
Let
x--------------> numbers of CDs Michael have to begin
if Michael sold (2/3)x-----------> </span><span>are pending to sell (1/3)x
we know that
(1/3)x+16=25--------> </span>(1/3)x=25-16-------> (1/3)x=9---------> x=27
the answer is 27 CDs
The price is 36 because 40% of 65 is 29 and 65-29 equals 36.
The area of a circle is A=πr².
Since π is about 3.14 we can substitute that into the equation.
So A=3.14×r²
We can substitute the given radius for r.
A= 3.14 × 5²
When a number is squared, or has the two over it, we multiply it by itself.
5 × 5= 25
A= 3.14 × 25
Simplify this and the area of the circle is about 78.5
A≈78.5
