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Answer:
-361
Step-by-step explanation:
Your calculator can tell you the result. It is -361.
Start with the inner parentheses and work outward. Do multiplication and division in the order shown, left to right, before addition or subtraction.
-3[2/6+8{-9/3(8-5*3)-6}]
= -3[2/6+8{-9/3(8-15)-6}]
= -3[2/6+8{-9/3(-7)-6}]
= -3[2/6+8{-3(-7)-6}]
= -3[2/6+8{21-6}]
= -3[2/6+8{15}]
= -3[1/3+8{15}]
= -3[1/3+120]
= -3[361/3]
= -361
You’re gonna “distribute” the 7 into the parentheses by multiplying the 7 by the numbers inside the parentheses
Inessa = X
Ralph = Y
By the given ratio X/Y = 5/6
Solve for X: X = 5/6 * Y
Now Inessa gives 1/2 of hers to Ralph, which then totals 850"
Y + 1/2X = 850
Replace x :
Y + 1/2 * 5/6 * Y = 850
SImplify:
Y + 5/12Y = 850
Multiply both sides by 12 to remove the fraction:
12Y + 5Y = 10200
Simplify:
17Y = 10200
Divide both sides by 17:
y = 10200 / 17
y = 600
Ralph originally had 600 plants.
