4 + y = 9.5
subtract 4 from both sides :
4 + y - 4 = 9.5 - 4
y = 5.5
No, (9.5, 144) does not make sense because there is no point of 9.5 and when you divide the ounces of water by the flavoring packets you end up with 12, and if you were to simplify that it would end up with 1 flavor packet and 12 ounces of water.
Answer:
Each item could be included in a set or not included. That gives 2^5 = 32 ways to choose sets, including 1 set with no items, 5 sets of 1 item, 10 sets of 2 items, 10 sets of 3 items, 5 sets of 4 items, and 1 set of 5 items.
8+2>4 ig that would be the answer..