Answer:
2
Step-by-step explanation:
You times 4 by everything inside the parentheses, so the answer would be as follows. 16a + 20b - 12
Let 2k represent the original even number (such that k is an integer)
then 2(k + 1) is the next consecutive even number.
4(2k) - 16 = 2(k + 1)
8k - 16 = 2k + 2
6k = 18
k = 3
since 2k represents the original number, then 2(3) = 6 is the oroginal number
Answer: 6
Monthly maintenance costs of 20% of the rent for the first two apartments and 25% of the rent for the third apartment, which is a total amount of $345 (0.2)x + (0.2)y + (0.25)z = 345 I'm not 1005 sure tho