Step-by-step explanation:
Like Terms: Terms that have identical variable parts (same variable(s) and same exponent(s)). When simplifying using addition and subtraction, you combine “like terms” by keeping the "like term" and adding or subtracting the numerical coefficients.
A ray, is a line that has one endpoint on one side and on the other side is an infinity amount of numbers
0.5(20x - 50y + 36) - 0.25(-100x + 40y - 12)
10x - 25y + 18 + 25x - 10y + 3
35x - 35y + 21
<span>Simplifying
-15x2 + -2x + 8 = 0
Reorder the terms:
8 + -2x + -15x2 = 0
Solving
8 + -2x + -15x2 = 0
Solving for variable 'x'.
Factor a trinomial.
(2 + -3x)(4 + 5x) = 0
Subproblem 1Set the factor '(2 + -3x)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:
Simplifying
2 + -3x = 0
Solving
2 + -3x = 0
Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.
Add '-2' to each side of the equation.
2 + -2 + -3x = 0 + -2
Combine like terms: 2 + -2 = 0
0 + -3x = 0 + -2
-3x = 0 + -2
Combine like terms: 0 + -2 = -2
-3x = -2
Divide each side by '-3'.
x = 0.6666666667
Simplifying
x = 0.6666666667
Subproblem 2
Set the factor '(4 + 5x)' equal to zero and attempt to solve:
Simplifying
4 + 5x = 0
Solving
4 + 5x = 0
Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.
Add '-4' to each side of the equation.
4 + -4 + 5x = 0 + -4
Combine like terms: 4 + -4 = 0
0 + 5x = 0 + -4
5x = 0 + -4
Combine like terms: 0 + -4 = -4
5x = -4
Divide each side by '5'.
x = -0.8
Simplifying
x = -0.8
Solutionx = {0.6666666667, -0.8}</span>