Answer:
-3k + 10
Step-by-step explanation:
-3k - (-8) + 2
-3k + 8 + 2 !!
-3k + 10 → simplified version of the given expression
!! → We got rid of the parenthesis by combining the two negative signs. The rules state that any 2 identical signs combined (in this case, - and -) equal a positive sign (+).
Hope it helped,
BiologiaMagister
Answer:
The gardeners should buy 45 white hydrangeas and 104 pink hydrangeas.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the gardeners at Middleton Place Gardens have to buy x numbers of white hydrangeas and y number of pink hydrangeas.
So, x + y = 41 {Given} ........... (1)
Again, for another flower bed they want to plant 108 hydrangeas, where the number of white ones is 2 times that of Middleton Place Gardens and the number of pink ones is 3 times that of Middleton Place Gardens.
So, 2x + 3y = 108 ........ (2)
Now, solving equations (1) and (2) we get,
3y - 2y = 108 - 82 = 26
⇒ y = 26
And from equation (1) we get,
x = 41 - 26 = 15.
So, the total number of white hydrangeas the gardeners have to buy is (x + 2x) = 3x = 3 × 15 = 45.
And the total number of pink hydrangeas the gardeners have to buy is (y + 3y) = 4y = 4 × 26 = 104. (Answer)
