Debt is negative dollars, which means she owes at least 25 dollars to the department store
her balance is -25.00 + x
hope this helps
or -25 >x
First, let's expand the right side. Now our equation is

Now, we gather all the terms with x in it on the left side, and the numbers without x on the right. We get:

And then we can make this

We divide both sides by 12 to get x on its own, so x = 13/12 or 1.08
Answer:
x = 1
Step-by-step explanation:
Solve for x over the real numbers:
-1 + 2 + 1/x + 1/x = 3
-1 + 2 + 1/x + 1/x = 1 + 2/x:
1 + 2/x = 3
Bring 1 + 2/x together using the common denominator x:
(x + 2)/x = 3
Multiply both sides by x:
x + 2 = 3 x
Subtract 3 x + 2 from both sides:
-2 x = -2
Divide both sides by -2:
Answer: x = 1
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Answer:
a. 
b. His teacher will receive more pencils (See explanation).
Step-by-step explanation:
a. The total number of pencils Louis brings to school is:

Then, in order to calculate the number of pencils Louis’s teacher will receive after he gives each of his 15 classmates an equal number of pencils, you need to solve the division show in the picture attached.
Notice that the remainder obtained is:
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<em>This means that Louis’s teacher will receive 4 pencils.</em>
b. If Louis decides instead to take an equal share of the pencils along with his classmates, his teacher will receive more pencils; because the amount of pencils each classmate will receive will be less. This means that the number of pencils leftover will increase, leaving more pencils for his teacher.