Answer:
6x-5 if x<5
Step-by-step explanation:
If x<5, then x-5<0.
If x-5 is negative, then |x-5)=-(x-5) or -x+5.
5x - |x - 5|
5x-(-x+5) provided x<5
5x+x-5 by distributive property
6x-5 combined liked terms
Do $8.31/3 and $12.95/5 and that will give you a price per pound and whichever is cheaper would be a better deal.
Answer:
-0.4 should be in between 0 and -0.5, however be as close to -0.5 as possible while not being ON -0.5.
3 4/5 should be in between 3 and 4, so you can split 4/5 into 8/10 which are equal to each other. Then you can pretend to split the 3 and 4 gap into 10 equal pieces. After you split the gap, count 8 parts to the left of 3.
Step-by-step explanation:
I hope you understand what I mean.
$1.10 per pound for the 1-pound bag.
$0.96 per pound for the 2-pound bag.
$0.92 per pound for the 3-pound bag.
As the quantity of sugar increases, the unit cost decreases.