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Answer: 6</h3>
Mark the locations -6 and 0 on the number line. Note that going from -6 to 0, or vice versa, will take exactly 6 steps. Put another way, the distance between 0 and -6 is 6 units. Absolute value represents distance, so it is never negative.
We say 
Effectively, all we're doing is removing the negative sign.
First, you know that Jackson (let call her J) scored 41 more points than L (Leslie). What we don't know is how many points L scored so we can use a variable that will be 'x'.
So the equation will be
J=41+x.
We also know that the total points is 1,189.
To find out what x is we first subtract
1,189-41. We then get 1,148.
We are now left with 2x and 1,148 so we divide
1,148 by 2 and get 574.
574=x so now we can plug that in.
J= 574+41
Jackson scored 615 points and
Leslie scored 574 points
(You can use bar modeling to do solve this problem. An example of bar modeling is shown below.
Answer:
<em>The total amount of tax paid for the land was $126</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Proportions</u>
The land tax charged is 0.7 per each $100 of the land value. For easy calculations, we find the ratio or proportion to be applied to the value of the land as:
0.7 / 100 =0.007
This factor can be used to obtain the tax charged for a given value of the land.
The plot of land of the question is valued at $18,000.
The tax charged is, then:
0.007*18,000 = 126
The total amount of tax paid for the land was $126
Answer:
Her score in the first game was 173.
Step-by-step explanation:
Sue's total score for the 3 games = 3*162 = 486 points.
Let her score in the first game be x points. Then in the second game she scored (x - 10) and in the third, ( x - 10 - 13) points:
x + (x - 10) + (x - 23) = 486
3x - 33 = 486
3x = 519
x = 173 (answer).
